They had been held in Georgia for seven years waiting for the courts to settle their fate .
One hundred twenty of those people had been found on the slave ship Antelope when it was seized off the coast of Florida in 1820 .
people had been held in Georgia for seven years waiting for the courts to settle their fate .
One hundred twenty of those people had been found on the slave ship Antelope when it was seized off the coast of Florida in 1820 .