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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina officials have tracked down fewer than four dozen of the thousands of residents forced to undergo sterilizations between 1929 and 1974.
The Charlotte Observer reported Sunday that state officials think at least 1,500 of the 7,600 people sterilized under a state program are still alive. But only 41 files have been matched to living survivors or relatives of the dead. State officials are considering compensating survivors.
The Eugenics Board approved sterilizations for people who suffered from mental illness or epilepsy and those with low intelligence.
