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The case that established Native American sovereignty...
The case that established Native American sovereignty...
Item # 689406
January 15, 1831
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 15, 1831
* George "Corn" Tassel execution
* Cherokees - Indians - Georgia
The front page has: "Georgia And the Indians" and "Execution of George Tassels".
The latter report has considerable significance in the legal issues of the U.S. relations with Native American tribes to this day.
George "Corn" Tassel was known for being illegally tried, convicted, and executed for murder on December 24, 1830, by the State of Georgia. His case became the first Cherokee legal document to support Cherokee sovereignty, and by extension Native American sovereignty in general. As a result of this incident, the United States Supreme Court's ruled in Worcester-v-Georgia that the states do not have jurisdiction in Native American territories.
Although the decision became the foundation of the principle of tribal sovereignty in the twentieth century, it did not protect the Cherokees from being removed from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast during the Trail of Tears.
An exceedingly significant report and great to have on the front page.
Sixteen pages, 6 1/4 by 9 3/4 inches, nice condition.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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