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James Pierson Beckwourth (April 26, 1800 – October 20, 1866) was an American fur trapper, rancher, businessman, explorer, author and scout. Known as "Bloody Arm" because of his skill as a fighter, Beckwourth was of multiracial descent, being born into slavery in Frederick County, Virginia.
May 29, 2023 · James Beckwourth (c.1798–1866) was a famous Mountain Man — trapper, frontiersman, and guide — who is most well-known for being a successful black man in the first half of the 19th century and his reputation for exaggerating stories about his life.
Jan 27, 2017 · The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians. Paperback – January 27, 2017. James Pierson Beckwourth (1798 or 1800 – 1866 or 1867), born James Beckwith and generally known as, Jim Beckwourth was an American mountain man, fur trader, and explorer.
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Jim Beckwourth was an American mountain man who lived for an extended period among the Indians. He was the son of a white man, Sir Jennings Beckwith, and a mulatto slave woman and legally was born a slave. His father took him to Louisiana Territory in 1810 and eventually to St. Louis and there.
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Historical source material: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JAMES P. BECKWOURTH The life and adventures of James P. Beckwourth, mountaineer, scout, and pioneer, and chief of the Crow nation of Indians. Written from his own dictation, as told to Thomas D. Bonner.
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James P. Beckwourth, from a daguerreotype c. 1855. Jim Beckwourth was an African American who played a major role in the early exploration and settlement of the American West.
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James Pierson Beckwith, better known as Jim Beckwourth following the publication of his autobiography, was a notable African American fur trapper, mountain man, army scout, and pioneer settler.
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