Francis Bol Research Paper

A seven-year-old boy name Francis Piol Bol was born to a happy family in southern Sudan. Francis mother sent him out sell peanuts and eggs at the market with the rest of the children. While doing what he was told, slave owners abducted him. Francis, a slave for 10 years, lived near cattle and goats, which he was responsible for. Francis and his family accepted Christ at a young age, he believed God would fix his problems and remembered what his mother taught him. She said “God will never leave you,” so he believed he could accomplish anything through God. At age 17, Francis escaped from slavery; he could get in the U.S because of Muslims who believed that slavery was wrong. While Francis trying to escape from slavery, he ended up in prison,

Francis was nervous, when he walked in, he seen a lot of people was crying about their results but he also seen people happy. He was so excited, he stated, “I was filled emotions. I stood there hugging people and accepting their congratulations. I smiled for a long time that my mouth began hurting.” Once he got to America and started talking to them, he couldn’t communicate because they talked rapidly to him. At the airport, he met an African American man, who led him in the right direction. Bok stated, “I’ve seen these black Americans on TV in Cairo, people who originally been shipped to Africa, but now were free people.” Francis Bok was excited because the man that helped him was a freed slave, just like him. Once he began to live on his own and start his journey, he ate his first meal which was a bag of beef and chicken wings, something enjoyed. On January 1, 2000, Francis went to live in Ames. He wanted to live closer to his friends, who shared the same language and customs. Francis felt good to become a free man because he was on lock down as a slave for many years. Francis decided that January 1, 2000 was the beginning of his new life in America among his own