Gambler

In the early years of the War Between the States, Civil War or War of Northern Aggression, as some southerners called it, a man paid his debts however, he could. In the southern states, at times, slaves were used as collateral and won or lost on the turn of a card in games of chance. Whole plantations was lost because of this war and the slaves set free with no where to go or any means of support for food. Many of the slaves, starved to death or were hung for thievery because of stealing food or clothing.During the Civil War, there were people who did not believe in slavery and helped the slaves to escape to the north or to the far west. This is about one such incident, which happened, and how the slaves were moved to Colorado. There are many more stories of such things happening and the destination was one of the western Territory's. Quiet a few towns sprang up in the west, which was for the black people to live, and it was for blacks only. In the western part of the United States, a black man was measured by what he could do and his honesty. There were many cowboys, wagon drivers, horse wranglers, cooks, and other jobs the black people excelled in every way. They were accepted by the Indians and some whites as equal men. In the west, the black man was accepted into the Calvary and was soon feared as the fiercest fighting man by all hostile Indian.