Wednesday, March 14, 2007
The Archbishop of Canterbury and The Archbishop of York reflect on the slave trade
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York visit the location of the Slave Market in Zanzibar, Tanzania. This is the year that England remembers William WIlberforce and the end of the slave trade to England. God bless William Wilberforce.
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Meeting a freed slave from Sudan, I'd say Wilberforce's work continues. May the Lord bless those who continue the fight.
I wish people would take this seriously. It is a terrible problem today. There are an estimated 27 MILLION people enslaved in the world today -- 10,000 of them in the USA according to the site Not For Sale.
It is possible to begin to read about it by going to Zach Hunter's MySpace page. I think it is something like
www.myspace.lc2lc.com but am not sure and am too tired to go check. But if anyone is interested, I will post some of the sites.
Peace,
Pat
Resources? I can help with those ...
International and board base organizations:
International Justice Mission
Former congresswoman Linda Smith's Shared Hope
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Sudan Specifically:
Christian Solidarity International
Servant's Heart
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Stories of Sudan slave trade:
Frontline Newsletter: Slave Redemption in Sudan
The Sudan Slave Story
Human Rights Watch's Backgrounder
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The issue is broad, much broader than Sudan and is truly a bi-partisan issue. I just happen to plug in to the Sudan issues through personal connections. I must state that Sudan resembles the slave trade of the time ABC is talking about.
However this month the more liberal Christian magazine from Sojourners has a field report from Cambodia of freed children from the sex slave trade.
PBS's Front Line report on the adult sex slave trade.
Also U of RI Women's Studies Program prof. Donna M. Hughes is active on sex trafficking.
In the US all forms of slavery are an issue. Often it's more benign as employers violating labor laws. There are imported people who are held in bondage. The Asians present DOJ a real problem because even when a ring is broken, their culture often makes them mistrust any government. Neat story of a friend where Korean ladies would work with the investigators, but his wife was six months pregnant, they trusted her, so the case continued (it's the one from the SF area two years ago if that rings a bell).
Just a little passion here, can you tell? Thank you Pat for your link.
May we all be free, truly free in Christ.
Kevin
An interesting NY Sun OpEd article on Wilberforce:
A 'Social Conscience.'
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