A Fort Bend district judge ruled to halt the progression of the James Reese Career and Technical Center in November. I am headed from Sugar Land to a Fort Bend county historical commission meeting. Now that slaves could not provide free labor, contractors had to resort to other methods: the convict labor leasing system. In 1908, Sugar Land Plantation changed hands, and its new owners, Isaac H Kempner and William T Eldridge, created the Imperial Sugar Company. In Sugar Land alone, only a little over 7% of the population is black, whereas more than 50% is white.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2019 06:56 UTC