Scott & Sandford

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The name of this website is derived from the surnames of Dred Scott and John Sandford. In 1857 Dred Scott sued Mr. Sandford for his freedom, and lost. While the particulars of this court case betray the point, it was nonetheles instrumental in the subsequent degradation in the American Condition. something happened to both enslaved and master—a degradation that they both suffered, and passed on to their offspring. We, their progeny, inherit this degradation as a debt. One that we can only repay with, compassion, love, and forgiveness.  

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