Sanders Ford (c.1810 - 1873) was a farmer and state legislator in South Carolina. He was elected to represent Fairfield County, South Carolina in the South Carolina Senate in 1872,[1] and died in office in 1873.[2]

Ford was born in South Carolina and enslaved. After the American Civil War he had a farm near Winnsboro.[2] Henry Johnson contested his election.[3][4] Ford was one of four African Americans to represent Fairfield County in the state senate during the Reconstruction era.[5] His grandson Nick Aaron Ford was a black studies scholar and the first college graduate in the family.[6]

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  1. "Clipped From The Charleston Daily News". The Charleston Daily News. October 28, 1872. p. 1 via newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner, Louisiana State University Press (1996) page77
  3. Bryant, Lawrence Chesterfield (May 26, 1966). Negro Legislators in South Carolina, 1865-1894: Preliminary Report. South Carolina State College. ISBN 9780686055693 via Google Books.
  4. Senate, South Carolina General Assembly (May 26, 1873). "Journal of the Senate of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". The Senate via Google Books.
  5. Bryant, Lawrence Chesterfield (May 26, 1974). "South Carolina Negro Legislators: a Glorious Success: State and Local Officeholders; Biographies of Negro Representatives, 1868-1902". South Carolina State College via Google Books.
  6. Venture Young, Ann (June 1992). "Nick Aaron Ford: Teacher, Critic, Scholar, Writer "Seeking a Newer World"". College Language Association Journal. 35 (4): 467–487. JSTOR 44322514.


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