Texas Construction Workers Discover Remains of 95 African-American Laborers From Early 20th Century
Style Magazine Newswire | 7/21/2018, 9:16 a.m.
remains found in Sugar Land, TX/Fox26
Source: foxnews.com
The bodies of nearly 100 people found at a school construction site in Sugar Land, Texas, have been determined to be the possible remains of African-American laborers, officials said. Officials announced Monday the remains are likely those of people who worked at a plantation through a “convict leasing program” in the late 1800s and early 20th century. Archaeologists estimated the cemetery was used from 1878 to 1910. (To give that some context: The emancipation proclamation was issued in 1863, while the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865). The cemetery at the construction site of the James Reese Career and Technical Center, which is a part of the Fort Bend Independent School District, was first discovered earlier this year.
