The Case Of The Amistad

4 The court decisions in the Amistad cases were that the Africans were defending themselves and were not guilty of murder. Then that they were illegally bought and transported. Finally that they had been kidnapped and that the Pinckney 's Treaty had nothing to do with the case, and the Africans were allowed to go home if they so chose to. So , when the Africans went to the first case they were accused of murdering all but two men on board the Amistad, and after a long case they were found innocent as having been defending themselves from their captors and the men that had bought them, Montez and Andrewez, were arrested on account of the illegal purchase and transportation of slaves. Then they had go to another court that decided that they …show more content…
Queen Isabella wanted the slaves simply to uphold the treaty between Spain and the United States. The Spanish Planters, Montez and Andrewez, wanted what they paid for. Finally, the abolitionists in a way laid claim to them because they wanted to end slavery and so they wanted the slaves to be seen as people. First Queen Isabella tried to lay claim to the slaves because they were basically found on one of her ships in her waters and therefore they belonged to her. The Spanish Planters Montes and Andrewez laid claim on the Africans because they did pay for them at the slave fair even though they knew they were doing it illegally. The abolitionists didn 't lay claim to them like everyone else, but still tried to claim them in a way. The abolitionists wanted the Africans to simply be seen as people in an effort to end slavery all together. Finally the people who laid claim to the slaves were Queen Isabella, Andrewez and Montez, and the abolitionists. Queen Isabella simply wanted them to keep slavery around. Andrewez and Montez wanted them because they paid for them. The abolitionists simply wanted the Amistad Africans to be free and seen as