While most Americans believe slavery was abolished nearly 150 years ago, a young Sudanese man is touring the country to call attention to the estimated 27 million people worldwide he says are living as slaves today.
Monday night, Francis Bok, 26, told a Madison audience the story of the 10 years he spent in servitude in his native, civil-war-torn Sudan. Bok spoke to a half-filled Union Theater as part of the UW-Madison’s Distinguished Lecture Series and received a standing ovation when he was done.