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How many movies, books, museums show that sugar plantations were the worst of all the plantations because of their brutal nature on the lives of African Americans?
How many people have heard about or seen in movies stories about thehorrors of slavery and cotton plantations? Well. Did you know that MORE than 70% of every single African who was taken from their native land was brought to America, the Caribbean to work on sugar plantations. Everyone thinks Cotton was what dominated the South.
The purpose of this virtual convict leasing museum is to tell you the truth...that SUGAR was more POWERFUL and more IMPACTFUL and more DEADLY than Cotton, Tobacco, Corn and all other agricultural crops combined! Cotton may have been King, But Sugar Was the Kingdom!
The Honeyland Fund
COTTON may have been KING, but SUGAR was the KINGDOM. The untold story of SUGAR and SLAVERY, & Convict Leasing in sugar land & Fort Bend County
The Honeyland Fund: S.O.J.E.S. Traveling Exhibit
S.O.J.E.S’s traveling exhibit is made possible through a generous grant by The Honeyland Fund. Special thanks to Ari Emanuel, CEO of WME IMG Holdings, LLC and his team, for their support.
Educate. Honor. Heal. The Society of Justice & Equality for the People of Sugar Land (S.O.J.E.S.) is an independent, non-profit community organization dedicated to historic preservation and educating the community about the contributions of African Americans in the creation and progression of Sugar Land and Fort Bend County, Texas. This includes commemorating and memorializing the Sugar Land 95. sojesjustice.org
