[Tanniker Smith]

Because they would've bought more?

Seriously, make a quick buck, but then you need someone to tend those fields and keep the house, so then you go again.

[Vaquero]

Seriously, make a quick buck, but then you need someone to tend those fields and keep the house, so then you go again.

from where...??

the importation of slaves had been illegal for decades at that time.