Author and Former Slave in the Sudan Speaks at Caldwell College
Caldwell College and the Office of Human Concerns for the Archdiocese of Newark hosted a lecture with Francis Bok, author of Escape From Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America on Wednesday April 23, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
A native of southern Sudan, Mr. Bok was abducted at the age of 7 and enslaved for ten years. The 21-year civil war between the North and the South of Sudan had reinvigorated a brutal slave trade. Today, Bok is an Associate of the American Anti-Slavery Group. He has worked tirelessly to spread awareness about modern slavery. He has headed a panel on slavery at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, testified before a Senate Committee in Washington, D.C., met with President Bush at the White House and carried the Winter Olympic Torch.
Escape From Slavery has received widespread critical acclaim and has been incorporated into high school curriculums across the nation. Mr. Bok hopes to remind the world that the prevalent system of chattel slavery in Sudan must be addressed. His remarkable story has received wide recognition and inspired activists across the nation to join the abolitionist movement.