Strapped to horses Bok and others were taken to North Sudan and sold into slavery.įor ten years, Bok was a chattel of an Arab master – he slept with animals and endured hard labor, constant beatings, humiliation and forced Islamization. On seven-year old Francis was selling eggs and peanuts near his village in South Sudan when Arab militia stormed the marketplace, slaughtering men and rounding up women and children. He played an instrumental role in convincing the United States government to push for a peace agreement that stopped Sudan’s civil war (1956 – 2005) and provided for 2011 South Sudan’s referendum on independence. Strapped to horses Francis and others weretaken to North Sudan and sold into slavery.įrancis Bok is an escaped Sudanese slave and modern-day abolitionist. “I saw manypeople on the ground, shot…I saw people with theirheads cut off with swords and shot in the head,” Francis remembers.
617 959 On seven-year old Francis Bok was sellingeggs and peanuts near his village in South Sudan whenArab militia attacked the marketplace, murdering menand rounding up women and children.
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