Houston Newsmakers: The cruel tragedy of the Sugar Land 95
The convict leasing program in the late 1800′s was a way for the state of Texas to get around the prohibition of slavery. Black men and women were arrested, jailed and forced to work off their sentences and in many cases died before they could be released.
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