Sugar Land 95 & Convict Leasing MOD

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What was the convict leasing program?

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When convicts are forced to work as slaves as a punishment

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Why did the large plantations use convicts after the Civil War?

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They could use the convicts as slaves to take care of their farms.

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Where were African American prisoners usually sent in the convict leasing program?

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Plantations and Farms

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What is the name for the remains of 95 former prisoners found when Fort Bend ISD started building the James Reese Center?

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Sugar Land 95

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The remains and the artifacts excavated from the site are ______________ sources.

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Primary

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Convict leasing was allowed under the _____________amendment.

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Thirteenth

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True or False: Only African American men were subject to convict leasing.

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False

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True or False: The Black Codes or Jim Crow laws targeted black people and limited their freedoms.

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True