Would I have supported slavery?

My friends have always said I am a politically conservative person although I consider myself more of a Libertarian. Being a good Libertarian, I do not approve of the proposed national health care reform plan that has passed the House of Representatives and is now on the floor of the Senate.
The heated debate in Washington concerning the proposed reform has turned ugly, if not downright stupid. Recently Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D)-NV proclaimed Republicans were behaving like the Senators that opposed the end of slavery in the 1800‘s by “stonewalling and dragging their feet” Is there any question why Mr. Reid is polling only 38% positively among his constituents? Its obvious Senator Reid needs some enlightenment concerning the party that drug its feet concerning civil rights.
In 1841 ex-President John Quincy Adams argued before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of a group of slaves that were accused of murder when they broke free of their shackles and revolted aboard the slave ship Amistad. John Quincy Adams just happened to be a Republican that won his argument thereby winning the slaves’ freedom.
The United States Supreme court in the 1857 case of Dred Scott-v-Sanford found that blacks were considered to be property and not classified as citizens and therefore could not sue. Scott, who was a slave from Missouri, had argued he should be free because his master had moved him for a period of time to Illinois which was a free state. Republicans were outraged about the decision and complained loudly. Democrats on the other hand supported the decision.
In 1862 Abraham Lincoln penned the bold and famous Emancipation Proclamation (which was actually two executive orders) declaring freedom for all slaves in 1863. Abraham Lincoln was a great Republican.
In 1958 Democrat Governor Orval Faubus, declaring that “Blood will run in the streets”, resisted school desegregation in Arkansas by using the national guard to prevent black kids from entering Central High School. President Eisenhower, a Republican, ordered Federal troops into Little Rock to enforce desegregation.
In 1963 Alabama Democrat Governor George Wallace, while personally blocking the doors and preventing two black students from registering at the University of Alabama, said “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever”.
In 1964 President Johnson signed into law the Civil rights Act of 1964. President Johnson encountered stiff opposition from Southern Democrats prior to signing the legislation.
Senator Reid must not be aware of the fact that since 1933 a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80% of the votes. In a stark and revealing contrast, Republicans have favored civil rights legislation in over 96% of the votes. (1)
If I were a Senator who opposed the proposed reform would Mr. Reid compare me to the Democrats that have traditionally opposed civil rights? I, like many of the Republicans in the Senate, believe I would be insulted by the suggestion.

(1) www.congresslink.org/print_basics__histmats_civilrights64text.htm