Sugar Land 95 could become Sugar Land 300; researcher says convict leasing program had more victims

After poring through thousands of records, a Rice University researcher claims there are now nearly 300 victims of the convict-leasing program who died in Sugar Land and are possibly buried in the area. It’s a dramatic increase from the 95 bodies in unmarked graves, known as the “Sugar Land 95,”…

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