Made famous by reggae legend Bob Marley, buffalo soldiers were the African-American U.S. Army troops who patrolled the American West after the Civil War. As the song indicates, these black soldiers had a unique tie to the land they were protecting. Many had been born slaves or were sons of slaves. The Native Americans they fought recognized these soldiers as distinct from the "white devil," and in fact the Comanche and Cheyenne Indians called them buffalo... More >>>