.3 The Africans in the movie say that they were kidnapped but the Spanish planter say that the Africans murdered Americans on the ship. So the slave traders say that they should be charged for murder. But the Africans claim they were kidnapped.
Also the Africans were from Spain and Spain has a treaty with the US that any Spanish property found in American waters is belongs to Spain and since the slaves are considered property they belong to Spain. But the slave owners say they are people because they should be convinced of murder.
But then Baldwin an abolitionist who is fighting for anti slavery says that they can't be charged for murder because they are considered property. Then the slave owners say but we bought them so technically we own them. But Baldwin says if they are property then the Pinckney treaty says that any Spanish property belongs to Spain. 5. The abolitionist claimed that the African slaves can't be charged with murder because they are considered property. They also said that they were brought to America illegally so they were stolen property. They also said that what they did was against the Pinckney treaty. Since they were slaves and the abolitionist were against slavery then when they won the trial it showed who wrong slavery was. It eventually caused a civil war in America were the abolitionist won. They convinced the slave owners of illegally transporting goods from Spain to America. The abolitionist in the trial payed for Baldwin to prove they were stolen his motivation was to stop slavery. He argued that you can't bring African slaves to America. He proved they were African slaves which is illegal and against the Pinckney treaty. 7. At this time Martin van buren was president of the United States and he new that he had to honor the treaty. So once he figured they were from Spain he …show more content…
She said that they were Spanish property and needed to return to Spain. She said anything Spanish in American waters is Spanish.
Queen Isabella said that she did not want slavery to end but she wanted her slaves back. So in the trial she plays the defendants home. She wanted her selves back home were they belong so that the treaty would be upheld.
10. Aboard the amistad there were slaves under the deck and they got very little food, and if you were sick you got none. The journey was longer than expected so they were tying the slaves to a bolder and drowning them. Then they had to let more go so any one with a kid decided to go overboard and take matters to there own hands then let there kid be a slave.
Then one night they all got lose and killed the crew aboard the ship. Then they told what was left of the crew to take them back to Africa, but they didn't. They were headed towards America and the slaves didn't know that.
Then the slaves saw land so they went to see the world to see if it was Africa, but it wasn't. It was America and a ship just happened to go buy and see they were slaves and that they had been taken to jail and they went to trial proven not guilty and token back home to
Also the Africans were from Spain and Spain has a treaty with the US that any Spanish property found in American waters is belongs to Spain and since the slaves are considered property they belong to Spain. But the slave owners say they are people because they should be convinced of murder.
But then Baldwin an abolitionist who is fighting for anti slavery says that they can't be charged for murder because they are considered property. Then the slave owners say but we bought them so technically we own them. But Baldwin says if they are property then the Pinckney treaty says that any Spanish property belongs to Spain. 5. The abolitionist claimed that the African slaves can't be charged with murder because they are considered property. They also said that they were brought to America illegally so they were stolen property. They also said that what they did was against the Pinckney treaty. Since they were slaves and the abolitionist were against slavery then when they won the trial it showed who wrong slavery was. It eventually caused a civil war in America were the abolitionist won. They convinced the slave owners of illegally transporting goods from Spain to America. The abolitionist in the trial payed for Baldwin to prove they were stolen his motivation was to stop slavery. He argued that you can't bring African slaves to America. He proved they were African slaves which is illegal and against the Pinckney treaty. 7. At this time Martin van buren was president of the United States and he new that he had to honor the treaty. So once he figured they were from Spain he …show more content…
She said that they were Spanish property and needed to return to Spain. She said anything Spanish in American waters is Spanish.
Queen Isabella said that she did not want slavery to end but she wanted her slaves back. So in the trial she plays the defendants home. She wanted her selves back home were they belong so that the treaty would be upheld.
10. Aboard the amistad there were slaves under the deck and they got very little food, and if you were sick you got none. The journey was longer than expected so they were tying the slaves to a bolder and drowning them. Then they had to let more go so any one with a kid decided to go overboard and take matters to there own hands then let there kid be a slave.
Then one night they all got lose and killed the crew aboard the ship. Then they told what was left of the crew to take them back to Africa, but they didn't. They were headed towards America and the slaves didn't know that.
Then the slaves saw land so they went to see the world to see if it was Africa, but it wasn't. It was America and a ship just happened to go buy and see they were slaves and that they had been taken to jail and they went to trial proven not guilty and token back home to