A History of Nicodemus, Graham County, Kansas.

Author

Orval L. McDaniel, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

History

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to gather, from reliable and authentic records, data necessary to write a history of the community of Nicodemus, Kansas. The purpose of the writer of this study was to (1) find out who the people of the Nicodemus colony were; (2) to determine from what section of the United States they came; (3) to answer the question of land ownership both as to early landowners and present landowners; (4) to try to determine the reason why the negro migrated; and (5) the author wished to give to the reader the original records in such a way as to depict the whole picture from the first of the migration to the present time.

Keywords

African American history, Slavery, Civil War, Black history, Kansas--History, Genealogy

Advisor

Dr. Raymond L. Welty

Date of Award

Summer 1950

Document Type

Thesis

DOI

10.58809/LFUQ3140

Recommended Citation

McDaniel, Orval L., "A History of Nicodemus, Graham County, Kansas." (1950). Master's Theses. 455.
DOI: 10.58809/LFUQ3140
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/455

Rights

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