African Cowboys

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Bose Ikard

Bose was born in slavery in Tennessee. When Bose was a young boy, the slave holder took him to Texas still inbondage to work on a cattle Ranch. It was in Texas where Bose learned to ride, rope and fight. When Bose got his freedom from chattel Slavery and became his own man, He hired out his service to Oliver Loving. Loving was killed fighting against the Comanches. Bose then hired out his service to Charles Goodnight, two of the men whose names were on the “Goodnight Loving Cattle trail”

Year : 1975

Size: 12" x 16"

Series: African Cowboys  

Medium: Acrylic on masonite 



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