1.   He Decided to defend slavery as a domestic arrangement that lay beyond the scope of busybodies.

2.   Almost no one, certainly no one in academia, defends slavery.

3.   Before the Civil War, there were intelligent, moral-minded people who defended slavery on logical, historical, religious and ethical grounds.

4.   I sure hoped they did not fight to defend slavery.

5.   The former state banner was replaced nearly a year ago because it harks back to a Confederacy that defended slavery.