On This Day in History (July 10th, 1907)
Imperial Sugar & Co. signed a contract with the Texas State Penitentiary to lease convicts as a cheap labor force. If the name Imperial...
Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Nov 29, 2020
- 2 min
History Exposed: From Convict Leasing to Mass Incarceration (12/3/20)
According to the ACLU, the U.S. makes up about 5% of the global population but nearly 25% of the world’s prison population. As of 2015,...
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Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Oct 19, 2020
- 1 min
History Exposed: Questions beyond the Sugar Land 95 Report (10/23/20)
In 2018, 95 remains of African American convict leasing laborers were unearthed during the construction of Fort Bend Independent School...
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Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Sep 7, 2020
- 10 min
What's in a Name? Why Calling the Sugar Land 95 Site 'Bullhead Camp Cemetery' Erases History
Introduction The Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD) recently released a report regarding the “Sugar Land 95,” a document which...
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Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Jul 14, 2020
- 1 min
History Exposed: "This is a Man's World": Women in Texas Prisons (07/17/20)
Just like the slave system it replaced, convict leasing entrapped women as well as men. Dr. Theresa Jach explores the lives of women in a...
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Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
CLLP Confirms Passing of Founder Reginald Moore
It is with a heavy heart that CLLP confirms the passing of our founder, Reginald Moore. We ask that you respect the privacy of the family...
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Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Jun 16, 2020
- 1 min
History Exposed: How Emancipation Didn't Mean Freedom (06/19/20)
What happens when emancipation doesn’t mean freedom? What are the oppressive histories that our history books failed to provide us?...
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Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Nov 21, 2019
- 2 min
Sugar Land 95's descendants deserve a voice
We came across this 2012 piece in the New York Times that offers some interesting perspectives on the treatment of unidentified remains:...
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Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Nov 14, 2019
- 2 min
CLLP calls on FBISD to cancel Blessing Ceremony
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jay Jenkins, Vice-President Phone: (515) 229-6928 Email: jjenkins@texascjc.org Sugar Land, TX – The...
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Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Nov 12, 2019
- 1 min
Rice University to archive CLLP files
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jay Jenkins, Vice-President Phone: (515) 229-6928 Email: jjenkins@texascjc.org Houston, TX – The Convict...
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Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
CLLP: FBISD must stop using unauthorized use of Reginald Moore's image to whitewash narrative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jay Jenkins, Vice-President Phone: (515) 229-6928 Email: jjenkins@texascjc.org FBISD Served with Cease and...
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Convict Leasing and Labor Project
- Nov 7, 2019
- 1 min
Forced prison labor during the Revolutionary War
Turns out convict leasing has a Revolutionary War-era ancestor. As hundreds or even thousands of enslaved people began running away to...
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