Episode 1: Who’s Buried Here?

The Fort Bend Independent School District is set to start building a new school in the sweet city of Sugar Land, Texas. After years of planning, contractors finally break ground on the site. But the very next day, someone shows up with a warning: Be on the lookout for bodies.

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August 2006 email from the former archaeology division director of the Texas Historical Commission, Jim Bruseth, to Reginald Moore. He thanks Moore for meeting with him to discuss his concern that graves were present on former prison land.

Source: Reginald Moore Sugar Land Convict Leasing System research collection at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
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August 2006 email between Texas Historical Commission employees. Ed Baker indicates that he's spoken to Reginald Moore and wants to ask the US Army Corps of Engineers if there was any way to survey the Newland property for burials.

Source: Reginald Moore Sugar Land Convict Leasing System research collection at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
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Collection of emails and reports about the historic nature of the property purchased by Newland. Reginald Moore added notes and questions on most of the pages.

Source: Reginald Moore Sugar Land Convict Leasing System research collection at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
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Collection of warnings and notes made by Reginald Moore in and around 2013 regarding the land where the cemetery was discovered.

Source: Reginald Moore Sugar Land Convict Leasing System research collection at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
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Letter dated October 6, 2017 from The Texas Historical Commission to Fort Bend ISD saying a "concerned citizen" contacted them because they were beginning construction on former prison land.

Source: Obtained from Fort Bend ISD under the Texas Public Information Act
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Emails between Fort Bend ISD Superintendent Charles Dupre and Trustee Dave Rosenthal about Reginald Moore's protest and hiring an archeolgist to monitor construction of the James Reese Career and Technical Center.

Source: Obtained from Fort Bend ISD under the Texas Public Information Act
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