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Liberated from Slavery in South Sudan, Sept. 28, 2013

Atap Akoon Bol, 29, was abducted from her home village by the North Sudan Armed Forces in 1999. Her brother and father were killed in escape attempts on their journey to the North. Atap was given the name Nuura and was later raped by the four sons of her master, a man named Mura. Additionally, her left leg and left middle finger were sliced by a knife when she refused to do work because she was tired. (Photo by Cullumphoto)

Liberated from Slavery in South Sudan, Sept. 28, 2013

Freed Dinka Woman With Child

Ahok Lang Dut, 30, was abducted from her home village of Makuei in 1999.
She and 19 other village girls were retrieving water (with six of her cousins), when they were apprehended by members of the North Sudan Armed Forces. She saw five people executed in front of her and estimates that she was raped by at least 30 men before losing consciousness. Three of her cousins - Atong You, Akuac Wol and Atak Deng - refused to be raped and their throats were slit. Two of the cousins who were sisters refused to be separated and they were shot in the chest and killed.

"I never thought I would be free. I thought I would die there," she said.

Ahok, who was given the name Awa by her slave master, has a young son (the father is a cattle keeper in the North) and lived in the company of five slave women and three slave men. The child's birth name is Ahmed Muhammed, but he has since been renamed Tong Deng. (Photo by Cullumphoto)

Liberated from Slavery in South Sudan, Sept. 28, 2013

Adhel Akot Ngong, 48, witnessed four executions, including the death of her mother and husband. The trio were tending cattle when an unexpected deluge sent them under a tree for shelter. They were found by members of the North Sudan Armed Forces. Adhel was stabbed in the chest and broke her right arm out of anguish.

"My husband was taken to the other side of a bush and I heard the sound of the guns," she said. "They shot my mother right in front of me and I beat the ground until I broke my right arm."

Liberated from Slavery in South Sudan, Sept. 28, 2013

A freed South Sudanese woman looks into a mirror at her liberation ceremony near Aweil, South Sudan, Sept. 2013. Photo by Cullumphoto

Liberated from Slavery in South Sudan, Sept. 28, 2013

A freed South Sudanese woman looks into a mirror at her liberation ceremony near Aweil, South Sudan, Sept. 2013. Photo by Cullumphoto

A slave liberation ceremony near Aweil South Sudan, Sept. 2013. Photo by Cullumphoto

A slave liberation ceremony near Aweil South Sudan, Sept. 2013. Photo by Cullumphoto

A slave liberation ceremony near Aweil South Sudan, Sept. 2013. Photo by Cullumphoto

A slave liberation ceremony near Aweil South Sudan, Sept. 2013. Photo by Cullumphoto

A slave liberation ceremony near Aweil South Sudan, Sept. 2013. Photo by Cullumphoto

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