Sandford

//ˈsænd.fəːd// name

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  1. 1
    One of several villages in England:; A village in Winscombe and Sandford parish, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4259).
  2. 2
    One of several villages in England:; A hamlet in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8545).
  3. 3
    A locality in the Shire of Glenelg, south western Victoria, Australia
  4. 4
    A suburb of the City of Clarence, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  5. 5
    A habitational surname from Old English.

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"On March 6, 1857, the United States Supreme Court rules on the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, effectively declaring that blacks, slaves or freemen, could not be U.S. citizens. Furthermore, it ruled that the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which ensured pro- and anti-slavery states would be added to the union in pairs to preserve balance, was unconstitutional. The decision inflamed and widened the differences between pro- and anti-slavery Americans, ultimately leading to the Civil War."

Etymology

From Old English sand (“sand”) + ford (“ford”).

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