A family that traces its bloodline to America’s first enslaved Africans will gather at its cemetery to reflect on their arrival 400 years ago.

Slaves in chain
The family is holding a reflection Friday at the Tucker Family Cemetery in Hampton, Virginia. The reflection is one of several events commemorating the Africans’ 1619 arrival to what is now Virginia.

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The landing on the Chesapeake Bay is considered a pivotal moment that set the stage for a race-based system of slavery that continues to haunt the nation.

The family traces its roots to William Tucker. He is considered by many to be the first documented African child born in English-occupied America, according to the Associated Press report.

His parents were among 30 men and women from what is now Angola who were traded for food and supplies from English colonists.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/08/descendants-mark-400th-anniversary-of-first-african-slaves-arrival-in-america/

Practically every black American Family trace their roots to slavery.
Why is this family's case a special one?

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Practically every black American Family trace their roots to slavery.

Why is this family's case a special one?

It’s good thing thing they remember their roots but they sure don’t want to leave America.