Posted on 10/08/2018 10:02:45 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Evelyn Chumbow of Cameroon says she was only nine years old when she was trafficked into *forced labor in the Washington, D.C., area.*
Chumbow, who's now in her mid-30s, says she was sold by her uncle to a woman from her home country of Cameroon who had a home and a business in the United States. She said she came to the United States with the expectation that a better life awaited her.
“The image that I had of the U.S. is completely from what I saw on television -- you know, '[The] Cosby Show' and '[The] Fresh Prince of Belair,' '[Beverly Hills], 90210' -- and so when I was told that I was going to come to the U.S. and be adopted and get a better education, I was excited,” Chumbow said in an interview with Hill.TV that aired Monday.
But she said that as soon as she arrived she was forced into domestic labor (in Washington, DC), working for eight years before she was able to escape with the help of Catholic groups. She said her captor is now in prison.
As many as 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year, according to the U.S. State Department.
Human trafficking has become a rare bipartisan issue on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) warned during a Sept. 26 congressional hearing that trafficking is even taking place in the U.S.
"We all need to wake up because human trafficking is happening right here in our backyard, and victims of traffic crime are often hidden in plain sight,” said McSally, who's running for Senate in Arizona this year.
Chumbow said she was held captive in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.
“I came and I became a slave right here in Maryland, not far from the Capitol. I was working, cooking and cleaning,” Chumbow said, adding that she believes she would have been saved earlier if someone in the community had notified the authorities.
“If you see something, say something. 'Cause a lot of neighbors saw me, I would have probably been rescued when I was 13 or 14," she said. "But nobody said anything.”
Dianne Feinstein needs domestic slaves...
Slavery: Democrats own it, just as they think they have the right to own other people.
Republicans: Fighting to get people off the Democrat plantation since 1861.
Who enslaved her? Have they been prosecuted? Deported? Party affiliation? It’s odd that these minor details aren’t being reported.
Just speculating...Why did she not just run for it...and yell for police protection?! I was not there and the level of brain washing and fear may have been very strong. The nation of Sweden is afraid of its own government so maybe the foreign girl was afraid of her captors.
This really is true. And I'm not talking about seeing something in passing that you never see again. A lot of people say nothing, even if they see something strange right next door for years. That is how serial killers operate. That is how terrorists operate in the open in the US. I know there is a fine line between reporting disturbing conduct and being a busybody who gets people investigated over nothing. But way too many of us -- myself included, just don't pay attention to what is going on in our neighborhoods.
Human trafficking survives because of illegal immigration and chain immigration. Our own diplomats bring their servants back to the US as nannies and maids.
In my neighborhood there is a certain amount of gossip and sharing of information. There is also a certain amount of hiding of information. Some of the neighbors are not completely trustworthy. It sometimes reminds me of the Mad Magazine characters called spy vs spy vs spy.
And remember the San Bernardino terrorists?
There was a guy in the neighborhood there, who thought suspicious things were going on there. But due to fear of being labeled bigoted against Arab/Muslim people, he said nothing.
Political correctness is a very strong force .
Well, hell, somebody’s got to pluck the chickens and pick the crabmeat...
Decent questions and all I could read is that her captor is now in prison.
Unravelling other sources reveals the enslaver was Theresa Mubang, a “naturalized US citizen, originally from Cameroon” (which is where she procured Evelyn Chumbow; my guess is that mommie and daddy knew what they were doing). Mubang was apparently prosecuted for involuntary servitude. I haven’t found what type of public housing she occupied, or how long.
You sort of wonder why someone like this is not stripped of their naturalized citizenship upon conviction and deported immediately when their sentence has been served.
“Who enslaved her? Have they been prosecuted? Deported? Party affiliation? It’s odd that these minor details aren’t being reported.”
More than likely, diplomatic immunity is involved.
So when was she rescued?
look at the age the girl was sold into slavery nine years old... children are very pliable and I know if I ran into a situation of a child slave I might not recognize it. especially if he kid is referd to as a family member and it I never had regular contact with the family.
To me, that would have been quite an advancement over Cameroon. So her uncle was compensated for giving over his rule over her as a minor, and found her a safe place to live, to grow up into responsible adulthood, and to be prepared for something better than being a high school and college bum, without real responsibility, and not even able to find a job where hard work and following the commands of a supervisor or owner of a business in which ability and willing participation is a prerequisite.
Did she have to make beds, run a vacuum cleaner, mop and wax floors, wash pots and pans as well as run a dishwasher, wash windows two or three times a year, mow the lawn, tend two or three other smaller children, sweep/shovel the walk, help with canning, and do this all without being paid for it except having good food, a nice bed to sleep in, enough clothes for work, school, and church, and a few hours of relaxation and amusement.
All this was the typical experience in my home and for all my cousins likewise. In fact, by the time I was in the last years of high school, I had a morning paper route, had a custodial job after school for the third floor of the school building including the cleaning both the boys' and girls' lavatories. After that, I worked at a local auto repair shop replacing brakes, greasing and changing oil, replacing plugs and tuning up autos. I made enough money to pay for all my clothes and the cost of whatever personal "toys" I was to have.
But like most of my schoolmates, nobody gave me a car or paid for its expenses. That was not even within the realm of imagination. In my last year I rebuilt one from parts, but was not able to put it on the road. I was allowed to drive the family car as long as I paid for the extra insurance needed for a teen driver, and use it sometimes for dates or for occasional other personal use.
Did I feel I was enslaved? Oh, hey! I thought I was very fortunate to have such an opportunity by great parents who loved me and were thrilled that I was not an economic drag to the home economy.
Did I have to do all the above and even much more when married and with children? You bet. Did I consider myself a slave, or was it just that I was willing to assume the responsibility for providing not only for myself, but also for others.
Now, about this Cameroon individual, I would have to know a lot more about the situation before plunging in to take up the club of an irate SJW to have any pity for her at all. My opinion is that she was given a golden opportunity to be raised as the constituent of a decent family, and to learn how to work as a blessing from it.
If she and I were being trafficked, what we need is a lot more of it for minors these days.
It’s very obvious major parts of this story are missing. Which demonrat enslaved her?
I totally agree. Prosecute them, confiscate everything then own, deport them and anyone who knew about the slave to their home country. Never allow them to return for any reason or to do business on American soil.
What do you Say???
The girl is lucky that she wasn’t the main menu in a DC spirit cooking party.
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