Slavery is illegal so the profit would be zero.
Southern states and slave holders.
The Underground Railroad
Because they supported freedom, but not for everyone.
profit,
True.
At the time, it was a business. Business' operate to make a profit. If there was no profit, the slave trade would have died out.
A slave trade is the business of buying and selling people for profit
They used slave labor to produce cash crops.
Slave holders wanted poor whites to view slavery as necessary for the economy and society in order to prevent them from organizing against the institution of slavery. By instilling a sense of superiority in poor whites over enslaved individuals, slave holders sought to maintain social order and divide potential sources of resistance. Additionally, by convincing poor whites that their own livelihoods were tied to the existence of slavery, slave holders aimed to ensure their continued support for the system.
They needed their political support.
Both men were very religious. Douglass shows the irony that the most religious men can be the cruelest slave holders
the buisness of buying and selling people for profit