Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky at the end of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period to experience freedom in the "Promised Land" …
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Jun 17, 2024
Time to go to the Homecoming Celebration in July. Check out Nicodemus Homecoming Emancipation Celebration at Nicodemushomecoming.org.Full review by Una D V
May 17, 2023
This small NHS represents a major post-Reconstruction site of Black westward migration. It was founded in 1877 by newly freed slaves. It was the first black community west of the Mississippi and the…Full review by Robert S
Feb 4, 2023
My parents and I visited Nicodemus National Historic Site in June 2022. We thoroughly enjoyed our experience. The Park Ranger was extremely helpful sharing the recent history and developments in the …Full review by aaronmshelby
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