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perished from European diseases for which they had no immunity. The Lenape, Piankashaw, Kickapoo, Wea, and Shawnee were removed from their traditional Indiana lands in the 1820s and 1830s. In 1838, 859 members of the Potawatomi tribe were marched for 660 miles by militia from their Indiana homeland to Kansas. This became known as the Potawatomi Trail of Death. The Miami were the last to be removed%u2014in 1846. According to the 2010 census, in the %u201cLand of Indians,%u201d a mere 1% of the state%u2019s population identified as wholly, or partly, Native American.African Americans were also unwanted by much of Indiana%u2019s white population. Because the state%u2019s 1816 Constitution prohibited slavery, it resulted in most of the slaves in eastern Indiana being freed. However, the majority of Indiana%u2019s slaveholders, who resided in western counties, particularly Knox, kept their slaves. As a result, the 1820 census found 190 slaves still living in the state. Even as late as the 1840 census, there were 3 individuals listed as slaves. But as the number of slaves declined, the growing number of free blacks became a new concern for many whites. This led to the Indiana Legislature adding Article 13 to the Constitution in 1851. It stated, %u201cThat it l