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This article from the Lawrence Daily Journal discusses a newspaper article from the Chicago Tribune written during the Exoduster Movement in 1879 providing a brief history of the black community of freed people at Nicodemus, Kansas settled in 1877. Nicodemus is now a historic site administered by the National Parks Service.
Creator: Lawrence Daily Journal
Date: April 30, 1879
Because this article provides a brief history of the Nicodemus colony, it is particularly useful as an introductory article.
KS:7th:3.5:Exodusters (2005)
Item Number: 210648
Call Number: K978.1 Graham County Clippings
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210648
Collections - Library
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Nicodemus Town Company
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Exodusters (Indicator 5) - Emigrants' daily life in Kansas
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Exodusters (Indicator 5) - Exoduster settlements
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Exodusters (Indicator 5) - Relatively free land
Date - 1870s - 1879
Environment - Natural resources - Timber
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Residences - Dugouts
Home and Family - Residences - Sod houses
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - African Americans
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Nicodemus
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Graham
Places - Other States - Kentucky
Places - Other States - Tennessee
Places - Rivers - Solomon
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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