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About CLLP Campaign Stop Whitewashing Cemeteries Report Updates Get Involved More Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection Library of Congress Library of Congress Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection Library of Congress CONVICT LEASING AND LABOR PROJECT The mission of the Convict Leasing and Labor Project is to expose the history and ongoing impact of the convict leasing system and its connection to modern prison slavery while restoring the dignity of all victims of forced labor and their descendants. WHO ARE THE SUGAR LAND 95. The first bone was found in February 2018 by a backhoe operator clawing through the dirt on land owned by the Fort Bend Independent School District. By the summer the remains of 94 men and one woman all AfricanAmerican victims of convict leasing had been recovered on the future site of a career and technical education center.