Francis Bol Bok: A story of resilience and influence in modern slavery, by Gift Luckson Francis Piol Bol Bok (born February 1979) is a Dinka tribesman and citizen of South Sudan who was a slave for ten years before becoming an abolitionist and author in the United States. Origin Francis Bok was raised in a large Catholic family of cattle herders in the Dinka village of Gurion in Southern Sudan. His father, Bol Buk Dol, managed several herds of cattle, sheep and goats. When Bok was captured at the age of 7 on May...