Place

Georgia

U.S. state whose laws on the Cherokee Nation were at issue in Worcester v. Georgia.

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Samuel Worcester Sep 1831 residing within the limits of the Cherokee nation without a license Primary record 1

Worcester v. Georgia released the missionaries only after a pardon in January 1833 Primary record 2 3 4

Timeline 1 date

Proof 4 sources

Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832), Supreme Court of the United States (text via Cornell LII), 1832. Primary record
the court sentenced him to hard labour, in the penitentiary, for the term of four years.
Worcester v. Georgia (1832), New Georgia Encyclopedia (Georgia Humanities). Scholarship & press
After intense pressure from the governor, the American Board, and their lawyers, the missionaries gave up on their Cherokee campaign, accepted a pardon, and were released from prison in January 1833.
The state annexed the Cherokee lands; abolished their government, courts, and laws; and established a process for seizing Cherokee land and distributing it to the state’s white citizens.
President Jackson did not enforce the decision against the state
The decision of the supreme court has fell still born, and they find that it cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate.
What Happened on the Trail of Tears?, National Park Service, Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Primary record
Georgia held lotteries to give Cherokee land and gold rights to whites.
Preludes to the Trail of Tears, National Park Service. Primary record
President Jackson threw his support to Georgia in ignoring the Supreme Court.

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