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Well the 9 men ended up as Ringwraiths so I have doubts about them being sorcerers.
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Some of them were sorcerers. Probably Black Numenoreans. I think any Elf or Man or Dwarf can use/learn magic in Tolkiens Arda. All three races have their own "magic" unique to each. Dwarves are resistant or immune to mental domination. Men have the ability to forge their own fate, seperate from the fate of the other races/individuals which is already written. Elvish magic is used in many ways in Tolkiens books...the ability to read the future, their physical powers (walking on snow, firing arrows faster than the eye can follow etc), the making of magical items (Palantir, Silmarils, the rings etc), Galadriel aiding the ride of Eorl to Celebrant with some sort of magical mist or veil that hid the Rohirrim from evil eyes and made their horses run faster, and not tire.....and the list goes on.
The Numenoreans and black Numenoreans had sorcerers and others with magical abilities. The royal house of the Numenoreans (and of Gondor) had Maiar and Elvish blood. The mouth of Sauron at the black gate was some type of sorcerer. Also, in one of the books (can't remember which), it states Pallando and Alatar possibly, even probably, started magical cults or something similar in the east of Middle Earth. So men can definitely become sorcerers/wizards in middle-earth..under the right tutelage i guess.