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Sudan-Darfur border, Janjaweed, Arab slave raiders

Christians Save Slaves from Muslims



Tamara Banks, DenverPost.com International groups of Good Samaritans travel to the Sudan-Darfur region to offer help to slaves who now have nowhere else to go.

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Just over 100 men and boys were waiting under the boughs of a huge mahogany tree in the middle of nowhere near the south Sudan-Darfur border. Waiting for the abolitionists. Led by the Arab/Dinka Peace Committee, they had walked south for miles, and for days, on their journey to freedom. Many gave up. Those who persevered waited under the tree for four days, and were now nearing the end of their excruciating journey. When the abolitionists arrived, each of the 106 slaves were asked a series of questions, starting with: When were you taken into captivity? What was your master's name? Did you have family? Each story was horrific. They were beaten, burned, stabbed, hit with farming tools, starved and humiliated. Michael was one of the first slaves to tell his tale. His eyes were red, fatigue showed on his weathered face. Scars marked the places where wounds from beatings have never healed. He said his wife was stabbed to death by their master's wives, four Arab women who were angry she was at the water well with them. Michael was beaten unconscious because he charged his master when he heard the news of his wife's death. Some of the men had been in captivity for more than 20 years, captured by the Janjaweed (Arab for "Devil on Horseback") and Arab slave raiders during the so-called civil war. More...


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