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December 7, 2005
Sudan: Who Will Save the Slaves?
It breaks my heart the World is paralized when it comes to the plight of the Sudanese Slaves. Although in the article I'm about to link to Uriah Kriegel rightfully bashes certain NGO's, I don't even feel like it today. I really, truly want to bash the Islamic bastards who enslave innocent people--bash them, that is, with baseball bats: Save the Slaves
Not many Americans know it, but December 2nd was International Abolition of Slavery Day. Not many know this either: the institution of slavery -- abolished 150 years ago in most of the Western world -- is still alive and well in many of the more shadowy parts of the world.One place where slavery still flourishes is the Sudan, which is one of the most wretched corners of the earth. Sudan is mired in problems -- a ruthless civil war, intense religious, ethnic, and gender oppression, and, most remarkably, rampant and well-established slavery. At present there appear to be no less than 100,000 slaves in the Sudan (population, 35 million). Muslim tribes from the north raid pagan and Christian villages in southern Sudan routinely with the express purpose of kidnapping children for enslavement.
Last year, a Sudanese ex-slave, Francis Bok, published a book (Escape from Slavery, St. Martin's Press, 288 pp., $24.95) in which he describes in painstaking detail his tale of enslavement beginning at age 7, subsequently, his teenage life in servitude, and his fortuitous escape a decade after he was captured. As hard as it is to believe, in 2005 many people less fortunate than Mr. Bok endure lifetimes of slavery.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at December 7, 2005 8:15 AM
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