Well. Bank of America needs to manufacture some records. The women and children need the money. After all they are entitled.
well when you consider purchasing someone, housing, clothing, feeding them maybe there wasn't much profit in the business.
The profit was probably only with the slave traders and traffickers.
It is like expecting to make $$$'s off of adopting a cat or dog. Even though one is an animal and the other obviously is not. You do not make money with them, you usually end up paying for their upkeep.