6 ▁constitution , ▁which ▁also ▁prohib ited ▁indent ured ▁serv itude . ▁ ▁The ▁Indiana ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁r ul ings ▁related ▁to ▁Article ▁ 1 3 ▁( ex clusion ▁and ▁colon ization ▁laws ) ▁of ▁the ▁constitution ▁of ▁ 1 8 5 1 ▁were ▁not ▁as ▁consist ently ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁this ▁article ▁they ▁were ▁on ▁Article ▁ 8 ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁state ▁constitution . ▁In ▁B ark shire ▁v . ▁State ▁( 1 8 5 6 ), ▁the ▁state ▁supre me ▁court ▁ruled ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁Article ▁ 1 3 , ▁which ▁b anned ▁further ▁black ▁imm igration ▁to ▁Indiana . ▁In ▁this ▁case , ▁Arthur ▁B ark shire ▁was ▁found ▁guilty ▁under ▁Article ▁ 1 3 ▁for ▁bringing ▁a ▁black ▁woman ▁from ▁Ohio ▁into ▁Indiana , ▁where ▁he ▁married ▁her . ▁In ▁Fre eman ▁v . ▁Robinson ▁( 1 8 5 5 ), ▁another ▁famous ▁case ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 8 5 0 s , ▁the ▁state ▁supre me ▁court ▁ruled ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁Fre eman , ▁a ▁free ▁black ▁man , ▁by ▁recogn izing ▁his ▁" right ▁to ▁sue ▁a ▁federal ▁mar shal ▁in ▁a ▁state ▁court ▁for ▁assault ▁and ▁battery ▁that ▁occurred ▁after ▁his ▁arrest , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁ext ort ion ." ▁In ▁the ▁Indiana ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁case ▁of ▁Smith ▁v . ▁Mo ody ▁( 1 8 6 6 ), ▁Mo ody ' s ▁defense ▁argued ▁that ▁Smith ▁was ▁an ▁African ▁American ▁who ▁had ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁Indiana ▁after ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁a ▁viol