In a crowded airport hangar, the Pope referred to the Dred Scott decision upholding slavery in 1857.

It upheld slavery until the Civil War made its decisions moot.

This was a tricky problem for the party because they were known for upholding slavery and introducing the black codes.

Dred Scott, an 1857 decision upholding slavery, is rarely mentioned today, except in right-wing legal circles, where it is often likened to Roe.

Quakers thought the Constitution upheld slavery; some slave owners feared that it might threaten it.

The exhibition also includes some Southern documents upholding slavery.

He quickly took up the dissemination of the Society's creed: "To uphold slavery is a crime before God, and the condition must therefore be immediately abolished."

He [Gouverneur Morris] never would concur in upholding domestic slavery.

In politics he was a typical Virginian of the old school, a states rights Democrat, upholding slavery and hating abolitionism.

The Court upheld slavery and helped start the Civil War.