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West Virginia Wesleyan Student Helps Liberate Slaves in Second Trip To Sudan
released: 07/22/02
The American Anti-Slavery Group announced that Brent Salsgiver, a Harrisburg, Pa., native, and a student activist from West Virginia Wesleyan College, has helped liberate 4,735 slaves on a daring rescue mission in Southern Sudan. Salsgiver was born in Harrisburg and is currently a senior at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

“Brent risked his life again to bring freedom to women and children who have been held in chattel slavery,” said Jesse Sage, the associate director of the American Anti-Slavery Group. Salsgiver traveled into the war zone of southern Sudan for twelve days in late June to assist a slave rescue mission run by the Swiss-based Christian Solidarity International.

“I went to bring back the stories of the survivors,” said Brent. “There is one clear message: it is time to act. Every day we do not act, another girl is raped, another woman branded, and another boy is beaten. We need to demand that the international community pay attention and end this crime against humanity once and for all.”

Salsgiver is calling on all Americans to take action against modern day human bondage in Sudan. “America is an abolitionist nation. We nearly tore this country apart over the issue of one human being owning another. Today, Americans have to reclaim their abolitionist heritage and come to the defense of the hundreds of thousands of women and children forced into bondage.”

Wesleyan’s Dean of the Chapel, Angela Gay Kinkead, said, “Modern-day slavery, defined as ‘forced labor under the threat of violence’, is a very important issue. As a nation, we have yet to see what it has to do with us. As a church, we have not committed to this issue. We need to be about "seeking justice" in matters of economics, race, and religion. I’m grateful for the inspiration of young people like Brent, who are committed to this issue.”