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Osceola, Indiana · 18th century
1780s
1 dated events in 1780s, in order. Part of the full timeline.
18th century 1 dated mentions
1780s
- 1787–1850First families of record: the Black Laws, the county's first settlement, and the Powell freedom case
Indiana was technically a free state — the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the state constitution of 1816 both banned slavery — and practically a closed one.