The purpose of this study was to examine how slavery advocates in the United States in themid-19th century came to argue for the preservation of slavery based on the Bible. Theresearch questions focused on how the Bible specifically came to be used and which dividinglines could be crystallized between the various authors. The theoretical framework used wasPratto, Sidanuis and Levine's Social dominance theory with emphasis on myth legitimation,which is presented in their 2006 article Social dominance theory and the dynamics ofintergroup relations: Taking stock and looking forward. The study used a qualitative methodwhere the data consisted of three published works from Christian Americans during themiddle of the 19th century that discuss why slavery should be preserved. The result showsthat the authors differed in the use of the Bible, especially in terms of which Bible books orverses are used as a starting point. Another result based on Pratto et al. (2006) work hasshown how religious myths such as the curse of Ham have been used to justify social oppression.