The settlement of Kentucky came from the idea of western movement of migration that lured the 18th century mind of the American population. And it was a direct result of the creation of the Wilderness Road.
Daniel Boone was the first man responsible to follow a narrow foot trail used by buffaloes, deer, and Indians that took him through the Cumberland gap in southwestern Virginia. In 1775 he and thirty woodsmen used axes to extend the Warriors’ Path into what became known as the Wilderness Road, a passage that more than three hundred thousand settlers would use to create the settlement of Kentucky.
Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
