From the August 24, 2019, Dubuque (Iowa) Telegraph Herald by Ben Finley, AP.
Hampton, Virginia -- A family that traces its bloodline to America's first enslaved Africans said Friday that their ancestors endured unimaginable toil and hardship -- but they helped forge the nation.
"Four hundred years ago, our family started building America, can I get an Amen?" Wanda Tucker said before a crowd in the Tucker Family Cemetery in Hampton, Virginia.
"They loved," she continued. "They experienced loss. They worked. They created. They made a way out of no way, determined that their labor would not be in vain."
Tucker, a college professor in Arizona, spoke at one of several events in Virginia this weekend that will mark the anniversary of the arrival of more than 30 enslaved Africans at a spot on the Chesapeake Bay in August 1619.
It is amazing that any family can trace its roots back so far, Congratulations Tucker family. And, it is so good to see Virginia commemorating its history these days.
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