Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery

By Valerie Elverton Dixon
Apr 3, 2009
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She is a girl whose father sold her to strangers. They took her far from home, and now she is a prostitute. He works for no money paying off the debt of a long dead ancestor.

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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