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Black History Year

‘Deadwood Dick’ And The Fascinating Tale of This Black Cowboy

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

4.32.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Nat Love, better known as Deadwood Dick, was a cattle herder and, if you heard him tell it, one of the most famous cowboys of the Old West. Was he just a legend in his own mind?_____________2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work.The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith and Len Webb. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Lilly Workneh serves as executive producer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Nate Love, better known as Deadwood Dick, was a cattle herder and, if you heard him tell it, one of the most famous cowboys of the Old West. Was he just

0:39.7

a legend in his own mind? I'm Len from Push Black, and this is two-minute black history. What

0:46.5

You Didn't Learn in School. Born enslaved in Davidson County, Tennessee in 1854, Nate Love's origin was ordinary, but his life was anything but.

1:02.0

Nate learned to read and write as a child, which was rare for black folks.

1:07.0

At 15, he moved from Tennessee to Texas and from there traveled around the west where

1:13.3

he became a legend. Nate spent the next 20 years working as a drover transporting cattle and

1:21.1

horses around the Texas Panhandle, the Arizona and Kansas territories, as well as the Deadwood Dakota Territory.

1:30.4

But unlike the characters in Bonanza and Gunsmoke, Love was a real-life cowboy.

1:37.1

A year after starting a family in 1889, Nate Love became a porter.

1:42.7

He worked for the next 15 years, regaling passengers and his co-workers with tales of his cowboy days.

1:50.2

Many of them encouraged him to write his life story, advice that Nate took to heart.

1:55.8

Music See, Nate was in a rare position, formerly enslaved, but with the ability to read and write, he could tell his own story in his own way. His 1907 autobiography,

2:21.4

the Life and Adventures of Nate Love, better known in the cattle country as Deadwood Dick,

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