Episode 6: Gatekeepers

Four years after the cemetery was discovered, the Sugar Land 95 still haven’t been identified. The group in charge of researching their remains has made little progress but refuses to cede control. Is it conspiracy or negligence?

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Request filed by archeologist Reign Clark with the Texas Historic Commission in Aug. 2020 to designate the Bullhead Camp Cemetery as a Historic Texas Cemetery.

Source: Obtained from the Texas Historical Commission under the Texas Public Information Act

Emails exchanged between PRG and University of Connecticut researchers Deborah Bolnick and Sam Archer in the Spring of 2021 regarding Archer's Wenner-Gren grant application.

Source: Obtained from the University of Connecticut under the Freedom of Information Act

Links to each of the 72 family trees Helen Graham built on FamilySearch.org

Source: Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. Willie Lee Gay H-Town Chapter

Emails exchanged between PRG and Deborah Bolnick regarding the potential ethical ramifications of genetic research.

Source: Obtained from the University of Connecticut under the Freedom of Information Act

Email from genealogist Helen Graham in Sept. 2022 asking us to make the family trees we created on Ancestry.com private.

Source: Sugar Land Podcast

Snapshot of Sebe Froch's family tree created by the Sugar Land Podcast team on Ancestry.com

Source: Sugar Land Podcast

Emails from Principal Research Group sent in Jan. 2023 in response to questions regarding their funding.

Source: Sugar Land Podcast
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