Francis Bok
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Francis Piol Bol Bok (born February 1979) is a Dinka tribesman, former Sudanese slave turned abolitionist. He was captured and enslaved during an Arab militia raid on the village of Nymlal in Southern Sudan on May 15, 1986 and enslaved at age seven. Bok lived in bondage for 10 years before his escape and journey to America. He currently works for the American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG).
He looked at me and said, "You want to know why no one loves you and why you must sleep with the animals?... I make you sleep with the animals... because you ARE an animal..."
from Escape from Slavery, Bok's autobiography.
[edit] Books
- Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity - and My Journey to Freedom in America Francis Bok, Edward Tivnan ISBN 0-312-30623-7
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Bearing Witness to the Scars of Slavery Boston Globe
- Statement of Francis Bok Associate, American Anti-Slavery Group testimony before the Foreign Relations Committee U.S. Senate.
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| NAME | Bok, Francis Piol Bol |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | former Sudanese slave, abolitionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | in Southern Sudan |
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