I've had several black cats, too. Most generally loyal and loving. I once kept seeing a black tom at a country store nearby. I saw him dart into the Lay's potato chip truck and the driver shooing him out more than once. He adored chips. I'd seen him hang around the store, finally I asked the store keeper if he was his. He said he wasn't--but stayed close for the chips truck. I asked him if I could have him. He was big and solid black. He became our family cat. He disappeared a few times at first. I found him back at the store. He'd gone the day the chips were delivered! He had walked the 14 miles back to the truck and store. He came back on his own after the first time I retrieved him.