The Africans opposing argument was that they were held captive on a ship called The Amistad. They where also illegally taken from Africa and sold as slaves. Roger Baldwin's opposing argument was that the Africans were property and that they were illegal transported across the ocean. After a while he eventually changed his argument and said that they where free people.
Van Buren's argument was that they should follow the treaty with Spain and give them back to Spain. However Spain had acquired them illegally. The Spanish Government's argument was that the Americans should also follow the treaty. Even when it included transporting illegal slaves to Spain.
The Abolitionist's argument was that the Spanish could not bring slaves into the United States. Bringing slaves into the United States was illegal and they…show more content… They where not very happy when that happened. They argued that they could not bring slaves into they United States and that they where illegally taken from Africa.
The Abolitionist provided financial support for the Africans. They also provided moral support. Most of them also housed a few of the Africans and the children that also had been on the ship. The Abolitionist wanted the slaves to be comfortable while they where stuck in the United States.
Without the Abolitionists help the Africans would probably have gone to Spain and become slaves. They where very happy when the Africans got to go back to Africa. Back to the families that they where away from for so long.
Queen Isabella of Spain was only twelve when all of this had happened. She wanted slavery to go on in Spain and was not very happy when the Amistad had been taken by the Africans it was transporting to Spain. She was also not to happy when the Amistad ended up in America instead of
