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Why did President Van Buren not want the slaves from
the Amistad freed?

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Answer:

He feared that the Amistad case would shatter his support in the South

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Answer: He argued that the United States had no right to try the Africans because their rebellion had taken place on a Spanish vessel on the open sea and involved only Spanish subjects.

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