Posted on Jun 17, 2023
Crews unearthed a historic Texas cemetery. Five years later, bodies still haven't been ID'd
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In the fall of 2017, Fort Bend Independent School District broke ground on a new career and technical center in Sugar Land, Texas. As the district superintendent gestured to the empty field behind him, he called the future school “an enormous step forward,” and said it would be “preparing students for generations and generations.”
But before launching Fort Bend into the future, the new school unearthed evidence of the area’s dark past. Just a few months into construction, a backhoe operator was filling in a trench when he spotted a bone.
But before launching Fort Bend into the future, the new school unearthed evidence of the area’s dark past. Just a few months into construction, a backhoe operator was filling in a trench when he spotted a bone.
Crews unearthed a historic Texas cemetery. Five years later, bodies still haven't been ID'd
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Sugar Land
American History
Houston
Slavery
Archaeology
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."At public meetings, Moore would explain how Black male prisoners were most often lent out to sugar farmers and forced to do the grueling work of harvesting sugar cane.
“The system said you were free unless convicted of a crime,” Moore said. “And so that's how they were able to get slavery back.”
Moore believed the graves found at the Fort Bend ISD school construction site belonged to Black prisoners who worked and died on local sugar plantations. And he’d been saying the same since long before their bodies were actually found."...
..."At public meetings, Moore would explain how Black male prisoners were most often lent out to sugar farmers and forced to do the grueling work of harvesting sugar cane.
“The system said you were free unless convicted of a crime,” Moore said. “And so that's how they were able to get slavery back.”
Moore believed the graves found at the Fort Bend ISD school construction site belonged to Black prisoners who worked and died on local sugar plantations. And he’d been saying the same since long before their bodies were actually found."...
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This reminds me of the residential schools with buried bodies in unmarked graves.
Not sure if this movie is available in the USA But it talks about residential school and buried bodies.
I just saw this a week ago at the theater.
https://ictnews.org/news/bones-of-crows-epic-film-about-canadas-residential-schools-opens-nationwide.
Not sure if this movie is available in the USA But it talks about residential school and buried bodies.
I just saw this a week ago at the theater.
https://ictnews.org/news/bones-of-crows-epic-film-about-canadas-residential-schools-opens-nationwide.
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