Don't think any African-American did - depending on your definition of "invent".
Saddles, cruder, but still recognizable as saddles, have been around so long that there's no record of who was really first with the idea of adding some complicated padding between himself and the horse.
And they've certainly been around longer than there's been African-Americans.
Plenty of people have helped refine the design ove the years, most of which will remain unnamed.
W.D. Davis
A cutback saddle is used in saddle seat riding.
If you ride a horse with a saddle, you're more secure, and its less likely you'll fall off. Also, with a saddle, your feet are in stirrups. Some beginners hold onto the front of the saddle when trotting. Riding without a saddle requires skill and balance. Riding without a saddle is called riding bareback.
Yes, of course. A saddle gives you grip when riding and has stirrups- an essential piece of tack, which support your feet when riding. sometimes you ride without a saddle(bareback riding), but it is not good to ride bareback very often, so yes, you will need a saddle!
Bareback bronc riding and saddle bronc riding. But it used to be 10 seconds for saddle bronc riding
horseback riding
Riding Bare-back. :)
The safest saddle depends on what sort of riding you intend on doing.
a kind of saddle made special for jumping
the saddle
Yes
bareback