However , the ruling did order that Worcester be freed , and Georgia complied after several months . In 1833 , the newly elected governor , Wilson Lumpkin , offered to pardon Worcester and Butler if they ceased their activities among the Cherokee . The two complied and were freed ( under the authority of a January 14 , 1833 general proclamation by Georgia Governor Wilson Lumpkin , not a formal pardon ) . Worcester moved to Indian Territory in 1836 in the period of Cherokee removal on the Trail of Tears . Worcester resumed his ministry , continued translating the Bible into Cherokee , and established the first printing press in that part of the United States , working with the Cherokee to publish their newspaper
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Worcester v. Georgia