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Samuel Worcester

Missionary among the Cherokee, convicted in Georgia in 1831 and freed in 1833.

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Dates
1798–1859
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Worcester v. Georgia

  1. Sep 1831 Convicted by Georgia: residing within the limits of the Cherokee nation without a license 1
  2. 1832 Decision overturned by U.S. Supreme Court: judgment declared a nullity 1

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  • Georgia Sep 1831 residing within the limits of the Cherokee nation without a license Primary record 1

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Timeline 3 dates
  1. 1798–1859 Samuel Worcester
  2. Sep 1831 Samuel Worcester convicted by Georgia
  3. 1832 Samuel Worcester decision overturned by U.S. Supreme Court
Proof 2 sources
  1. 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.
    The act of the state of Georgia, under which the plaintiff in error was prosecuted, is consequently void, and the judgment a nullity.
  2. Worcester v. Georgia (1832), New Georgia Encyclopedia (Georgia Humanities). Scholarship & press
    The missionaries, represented by lawyers hired by the Cherokee Nation, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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