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- GLC#
- GLC09688
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1832
- Author/Creator
- Marshall, John, 1755-1835
- Title
- Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, in the case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia.
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 21.4 cm, Width: 15 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
One legal document entitled "Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, in the case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia." The case refers to Samuel A. Worcester, a missionary who lived with Cherokee Indians. Text mentions his indictment for breaking Georgian law that prohibits outsiders for residing within Cherokee Territory. Worcester argued that where he resided in Georgia should not matter to the U.S. government's law. He refers to various treaties where the Cherokee people had sovereign rule over their territory. His sentence was to serve four years of hard labor. The pamphlet overviews the argument to allow for the release of Worcester.
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