Review
From the book jacket: A shocking true story of
contemporary slavery: a young girl, snatched from her tribal
village in Africa, survives enslavement in Sudan and London
before making a courageous escape to freedom.
Comment: If you thought that slavery ended in 1865 -
think again.
Slave tells the true story of
Mende, who was captured in a raid on her Nuba village and
sold into slavery in Sudan. This, and another recent book,
Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in
Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America by
Francis Bok...