1851:  No Negros or Mulattos

Article 13, Section 1, of the Indiana Constitution stated, “No Negro or Mulatto shall come into or settle in State after the adoption of this Constitution.” 

Cited by:  Gunter, J. “Negative Racial Attitudes toward African Americans in Indiana during the Civil War,” Black History News and Notes [Indiana Historical Society] No. 81 (August 2000), 3-8. [6pp.]