I believe that the cash crops and the need for those cause a lot of slave trading. Americans used a lot of slaves to help build up cash quickly.
That his act on the civil rights act had been a mistake
The fact that Balboa discovered the South Sea (current name at that time for the Pacific Ocean) meant that it was possible to reach Asia by sea going westward. This is what Magellan believed.
C) President Jefferson had him arrested on treason charges even though there was no firm evidence.