| Show National Standard-Examin- May 26 1999 7 A Wednesday Effort in action to oust modern slavery Boston-base- group buys freedom for slaves d The Assocated Press BOSTON - Charles Jacobs was working as a management consultant in 1993 when he read an article that changed the focus of his life Now he helps to buy slaves - Jacobs heads a group that purchases freedom for slaves sold in northern Africa for about $50 a person The practice has been criticized by UNICEF and other groups as encouraging slavery by creating a market But Jacobs scoffs at such suggestions “How many people have a chance to do something that’s important?” he asked Human rights organizations say millions of slaves are sold around the world - as prostitutes in Thailand charcoal workers m Brazil brick kiln operators in Pakistan and bonded farmers in India After Jacobs read about the practice he was inspired to proselytize against slavery He cofounded the American Group in Somerville Mass which raises awareness about the issue and funds for Christian Solidarity International a relief organization in Switzerland Anti-Slave- According to the American Group Salt Lake Anti-Slave- ry City is among cities with schools that are teaching about black chattel slavery in North Africa or raising money to buy slaves Christian Solidarity actually does the dangerous hands-o- n work of buying slaves from middlemen The group says it has freed at least 800 since 1995 So far the American Anti-Slave- ry Group has raised $35000 to buy slaves in war-toSudan Human rights activists say civil war has led Arab Muslim northerners there to capture and enslave black villagers who practice Christianity and traditional tribal religions Christian Solidarity conducts m clandestine bush flights to southern Sudan to redeem the slaves Once they are free the former slaves are usually given a medical check then returned 1 South Main St Brigham City OO 34 SAVOiA F"toV vatuatt a - xi fn wxtoa mtxtos for Luer r t t Kstwvoft in rvmtniyvai SATURDAY MAY 29th “This is both sweet and sad Yon have these white bids - and black kids and they Imow slavery is bad after all were the nation that tore itself apart over it ” -- Charles ei Anti-Slaver- black churches in America y: American has chapters in New York Washington DC Miami Kansas City San Francisco Los Angeles Pomona Calif and Seattle he said Anti-Slave- forcibly circumcised her and AND Last year Barbara Vogel’s class at the Highhne Elementary School in Aurora g camColo began a paign that has raised more than $50000 fourth-grad- Anti-Sla- consultant-tumed-aboli-tioni- OPEN HOUSE Schoolchildren are also raising money to buy slaves their freedom made her work in the fields and sleep with his cows and goats She was returned by Christian Solidarity Although the goals of Christian Solidarity and American Group may be noble their work has its critics UNICEF said the newly-free- d slaves usually aren’t monitored after their release so there is no guarantee they won’t be enslaved again And the organization said paying for slaves doesn’t address the underlying cause of slavery in the Sudan - the ongoing civil war Jacobs said UNICEF’s attacks on redeeming slaves for money are helping draw attention to his cause The Jacobs slavery in Northern Africa said the movement is gathering the support of elected officials and back home The story of Abuk Deng Ak-uis typical of those recounted A by American Christian girl in her early teens Akuei was captured by an Arab militia that raided her Sudanese village in 1997 She was sold to a man who beat her raped her e Performances and Aircraft Displays 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Admission $3 00 a Carload AEROBATIC PERFORMANCES “W Guarantee h n'A I IN rWJLVJj Wa or - Thiokol Frc 0 th rnAI VJKvJUI ID 52S99 Cert 1 SPECIAL AIRCRAFT FLYBYS Propulsion vji HOT AIR BALLOONS (EARLY MORNING) ULTRA LIGHTS - GLIDERS - POWERED PARACHUTE kdrotogw Snowbasin & FOqd Hi DRINKS A VAILABLE Iomega Williams Internationa SPONSORED BY: BOWMAN WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL only company IOMEGA AUTOLIV SNOWBASIN ERNIE & KEMP & THIOKOL DAVE DURBANO that offart all at thaia amonitiat at ono itata at th art focilityl HiiH RElTvllDON Dari 167459 III I - HELICOPTER RIDES - SKY DIVERS RADIO CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT FLIGHTS f-- The WoHd’i Only Natural Hairlinal Movie-StPure Hair! 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