It was these territorial disputes that the proslavery and antislavery forces collided over. Churches in the South were primarily proslavery, while northern churches started antislavery movements. Despite his efforts to be a neutral peacemaker, Geary and the proslavery legislature clashed. Following the Supreme Court ruling, proslavery newspapers attacked Chaffee as a hypocrite. British proslavery thinkers defended slavery on the basis of the Bible. The couple had ten children, among them proslavery essayist Louisa S. McCord. Some wartime Radicals had been Democrats before the war, often taking proslavery positions. The fulcrum for proslavery forces resided in the upper house of Congress. They often fought those from Missouri who came into the territory to push proslavery agendas. The American proslavery movement drew at times on the British proslavery movement as support. Proslavery is an ideology that perceives slavery as a positive good.