You don't show options, so here are the different definitions
1. "the study of past events, particularly in human affairs."
2. "the whole series of past events connected with someone or something."
3. "a continuous, typically chronological, record of important or public events or of a particular trend or institution."
Answer:
Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney grew up as the son of a slaveholding family.
Explanation:
So that the really important cases can be addressed by good judges (at lack for better words) and maybe change a law (Rosa parks case). And lesser ones be taken care of fast.