The Tuckers: Meet the descendants of America's first African family
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2019
- This month marks 400 years since the first documented, enslaved Africans arrived in English North America. The weekend events kick off at the Tucker family cemetery. It’s believed to be the burial place of some of the descendants of the first enslaved Africans to come here. Jericka Duncan reports.
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Those who are telling others to go home also need to pack their bags if everyone else is leaving because if that would be the case, only native Americans should be left!
Right! And they traveled from south America as well. This country has always been a melting pot so nobody should say they were first.
@@rosegarden2014 Of course everyone came from somewhere, this is because some people feel that America belongs to them more than everyone else and you know who I mean!
Run Gunn Olmec were the first civilization but not the first people
AND, some indigenous people to the Americas with African decent were reclassified from Native American to decendents of slaves. Especially when they came up with the $5 dollar Indian "civilized" casino tribes.
Run Gunn you are absolutely right. raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/ancientamerica.htm
I have the same sentiment. I have not been able to trace my African ancestors back that far, but I am getting close after 20+ years of research. But what gives me so much pride is knowing that I come from people who lived through some of the most horrific inhuman situations I could possibly imagine. I think that if they could see us now they would all hold their heads high. Just knowing that we have survived.
I feel the same way, so proud to be decedents of such strong people. What they must have went through .
Me too!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
And knowing their own people sold them to the white man was worse.
@@trekgirl65 we don't know that for sure
@Rojav but they survived..key word: survived!
That lady said... " We helped make America was it is!!! " yes! I've said that for years, without them, and their knowledge, a lot of things would have never been.. And they brought wisdom, they helped shape people of all colors, we all have learned from each other.. I loved hearing her say
that! Now, if we all can embrace the fact that we are all human, love and respect each other... We can finally move forward!!!!
South Carolina, history and haunts I agree with you. We all need to realize that this is “our” as in all Americans history. Some White people need to stop being so defensive about the subject. It’s like their carrying around a bunch of guilt for a part of history they had nothing to do with.
" A great country embraces it's history and it's complexity" 👏👏👏
@Earnestine Jones The history cannot be changed, but it must be embraced. Enough with the lies and myths. Truth will set the USA free.
There are MANY Tuckers in Bermuda that had a great relationship with VA back in the 1600s. More than likely there is a connection. Captain William Tucker emigrated to Bermuda in 1620. This family should get in touch with Tuckers in Bermuda.
Mrssewhardtoplease Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father of the United States whose face is carved into Mt. Rushmore, did the same thing to his 15 year old enslaved at the age of 40 soooo there’s that.
Caot William Tucker is my 1Oth GGF
Yes that is true
0:20 - 0:28 "To come here"? More like "to be kidnapped and dragged here".
That peeked my curiosity as well! I honestly think his choice of words highlight the lack of education regarding slavery. It impairs the overall acknowledgement of the horrendous acts of slavery.
Earnestine Jones I totally agree and this is why it is offensive and in poor taste when our narrative is purposefully altered. You want Jesus to be white, Santa to be white, all loved not to matter, inequality in the access to education and healthcare, AND to suggest that we merely settled in America willingly?! ... come on now y’all enough is enough.
Ernestine, i don't think they meant malice but they oughta have used the correct words with historical context without shortcuts. this reminds me of when Ywite people use the word "settlers" instead of invaders or they use "expat" when instead of immigrant to describe their status. They are perfectly aware of the weight of words.
Those first Africans were more "indentured labourers" than chattel . They actually got their freedom after they served. This is not to discount the brutality that followed in coming years, but we must understand that the Black America experience is very nuanced.
That still horridly exist today......
This is the most encouraging and downright spiritual story of ancestry, slavery and strength.
What a heartwarming story that ties us to our past. I wish these were the stories we talk about and taught in schools.
The reporter is so beautiful
A story that is sad due to the brutality and inhumanity of slavery also unique and incredible.
God bless black people....so resilient!!
justice 77 justice Thank you, may GOD bless you also🙂
The first Africans didn’t it arrive in 1619. The first African “Slaves” arrived in 1619. Those are two completely different things.
Please see this link. Africans have walked the America’s for years well before Columbus so called “discovered” the Americas. Africans trades with Native Americans and even a lot of the Gods and Idols in the America’s were Negritic/Olmec type sculptures. We’ve stepped foot on this land well before the white man. They don’t teach this at all. Smh
DaGuy WhoKnowz yes, I believe this too especially seeing articles of native Americans reclaiming their ancestry as they were reclassified as "black or African slaves". Also the understanding that parts of the Grand Canyon have pyramids too, and areas that cannot be accessed by the public, which could be considered as wanting to hide the truth to suit the distorted narrative. As well as the understanding that the world was considered by some geologists to be one complete land mass called Pangea, with South America being connected to the African continent, as fossils of the same animals have apparently been found in similar areas if they were to be connected today. So interesting. Just a shame that there is so much information that is out there but people rather not do the thinking, and let the media narrative think for them.
Preach
Preach
And they were citizens of Spain
As I listened to their story of the family history, I got chills! Inspiration & strength is what I felt❤
Such an awesome beautiful story! ❤️🙌🏾
They took my people, said they were “black” and then bought and sold them like cattle. Until you do right by my people.... (Miss Celie’s curse!
@@jasondavis9639 #ADOS
@@jasondavis9639 Dude we are saying the same thing. #ADOS is American Descendants of Slavery. Join the movement
lol
@@jasondavis9639 Okay. First Dude I am a women. So stop the bro bruh. lol Okay, Please dont get your information from Tariq he is so trash and very disrespectful! Trust me thats not who you want to follow if your serious about what your ancestors would want. I have been listening to Yvette and Tone for years since she was on Boyce Watkins show. ADOS is lineage base! American Descendant of Slavery is about us getting our #REPARARTIONS so we can close the wealth gap. Yes, There are chapters so we can organize our politics locally. Go to ados101.com There are other people on UA-cam you can follow that you may like @Bethepower @YFNA13Percent. What state are you in? Also, get William Darity's book From here to Equality. Its great!
@@jasondavis9639 Tariq is a waste of time. He has done nothing to advance the cause. He is disrespectful to women. I stopped listening to him years ago. I do think he did good work on Hidden Colors thou. Other then that I am not impressed. Also, he is just sitting on pals money who paid for a conference that isnt gonna happen. Nobody is meeting for a mass gathering in covid. And who disrespected Anderson? I used to follow Anderson but his work is outdated at this point and isnt going to work in this age. I dont listen to Boyce either. He is an economist and isnt giving people the numbers.... Im serious just watch Yvette, Tone, BeThePower and Sandy Darity.... I promise they the truth
@@jasondavis9639 Also join the FB ADOS group. Join the main one and the one for your state if its there. You can get good information in there too.
My family traced our ancestors back to 1805. This is amazing that the Tuckers could go back so far.
That's cool they found ancestry all the way back than. I found one of my family that was born in 1691 in Scotland.
I'm Kyle Tucker out in Los Angeles, CA. Wonder if my family's related 🤔
Africans are not from Scotland
@@Mani_Matter
The following will hurt your little feelings even more:
www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Africans+in+Ireland
Sadly, my lineage in Ireland was not from Africans.
Amazing, Karen
louise don't hate
This is absolutely beautiful!
Beautiful Story, derived from a sad situation. Glad to know my History!!!
You've got the Auntie Yolo fresh look down , ma.
JERICKA did an AMAZING Job!!! You go girl!!!
We are not descendants of slaves, but of survivors!
This story really shows how American we actually are. So many people try to say go back to Africa but we have been here since the beginning. Before this was even America. My ancestors built this country with literally blood, sweat, and tears. Yet they were never acknowledged as real Americans. And still now we as there descendants don’t get to be apart of the American Dream. We are just as American as anyone else.
What a great story. Amazing!, because I am sure it’s challenging to trace family connected to slavery. They were so lucky!!
Because the records were destroyed by racists. That's why you have unmarked graves. They did in Britain too with the Africans that were brought from Jamaica to uk to build the railway. Nothing as changed for my people.
My family is from that area and our family name is tucker. Thank you so much for this. I’ve been trying to to get more I go about where I’m from and my roots. This helps so much and I can’t wait to make a trip there.
Imagine newbie immigrants telling your family to “go back to Africa” when your family has been in the US for hundreds of years. The nerve. Newbie immigrants that enter any country should show respect for the current citizens or don’t enter that country.
Beautiful family
A very interesting story, but I dislike the way the announcer says they got here before "most people got to this country". There were estimates of 2million to 18million people in what is now the United States before the first Europeans arrived...
I do not believe they are discounting indigenous peoples. Rather, they are speaking to those of European ancestry who arrived more recently in the 19th and 20th centuries who are always telling other people to go back where they came from! Got it?!
@@memewalkerb5305 exactly. Plus, Natives didnt invent America, Europeans did.
KCMC92. Land that was stolen from indigenous people. Built from the blood sweat and tears of slaves.
@@goddesstara4949 Ummmmmm yeah thats the history of America. What's your point?
KCMC92 You know exactly what my point is. You can try to play dumb if you want to. Although, your way of thinking tells me what little brain cells you have.
Amazing information for their family.
Wow thx for sharing!
Very well produced! Kudos 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Wowwwww! Amazing Thank You!
Proud African ANG❤️LAN
LOVE YOU ALL
Wow!!!
Sad title. Love meeting the first African Ancestors of the first enslaved Africans. What a blessing for them.
The first Africans came here free and equal to Europeans.
Powerful!! Uplifting!! Needed!!
Finding unmarked graves and honoring it is such a noble gesture. I am proud to know where I come from and I am equally as proud to be able to positioned throughout society from the hardship my ancestors endured.
"We're not going any place; we are here...Our people helped to make America what it is." Well said, Mama Tucker.
This is amazing what a cool story to watch
My family in Williamsburg (York county). The Roberts family also goes back 400 years. The family came as slaves, but have been free since 1600s. We still own land that used to go not the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station but was stolen. But the land still is there also near BUSCH GARDENS. The family is also related to the Roberts of Norfolk that eventually helped to return Africans to Africa, to establish the country Liberia. A one reading this, you will find this information online. The church, St Johns Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Va holds our ancestors. Surnames related to the Roberts are Norcross, Hundley, Wynn, Randall. Also free people of color.
What a wonderful family
Wow this is amazing I'm so happy to be a Tucker and I always have been for some strange reason.
So !welcome to Angola 😂
I am from the tucker family and I live in Hampton wow!! I was born in Connecticut though. There are so many Tucker’s
This is amazing. Testimony of resiliency. 🙌🏿
Africans came to North America BEFORE the colonists. Ever hear of the Moors or Olmec!???
Some of the comments are weird but the reporting is excellent.
Through census records, I've been able trace my family back to the early 1800s
Amazing story
GREAT STORY.
Find my people please so I can find my people
My family has only been able to go back to 1794 on my maternal side of the family. I’m looking forward to researching my paternal side in 2021 when I hopefully return to the States.
What a wonderful heritage! We need more and more history on how people of color arrived here and the incredible contributions they’ve made. God bless this family. 🥰😷
Arrived? More like kidnapped
For those who arrived as slaves, indeed, kidnap is the most appropriate word. It was not my intent to overlook that horrid situation. I want to acknowledge and celebrate how they survived and endured with seemingly impossible obstacles thrown in their paths. Even after slavery was allegedly ended, they have continued to face adversity with the courage and strength few of us possess.
Good story 😻
So may feelings as I watch this. Ambivalence. Hesitance. And suprisingly, a sense of loss. Knowing this black family has tangible history and a cemetery and pictures, seeing the photos of their ancestors who walked this American soil hundreds of years ago...It makes me realize what I lost as a result of slavery. Our ability to trace our roots to the original immigrant family (in our case, forced immigration) is severely impaired as black people. I'm glad this family has this. May they continue to chronicle their history which is the beginning of our history as black Americans. It also serves as a bridge back to our African roots. Sad that we have to claim the entire continent because we don't know which country our families came from. But that's ok. My eternal home in the future is more important than my earthly roots anyway. Jesus gives me peace amongst the pain intertwined in our history and our current situation.
We were here we'll before then
Native American Indians were before anyone.
@@trekgirl65 ALL humans originated in Africa. We left about 60,000 years ago and spread across the globe. Fact. DNA has proven this as fact.
Great history lesson for all
So great that this family has documentation of all those previous generations.
Awesome
African Americans have a prominent 16th-19th history.
Bless their hearts 4 this search...I have started late in my life because my parents have passed away And there is so much more 2 learn about our lineage on All sides...I wish them great success in their journey down that road....😁
This is a great story. Kandi Burress Tucker of Atlanta housewives, husband Todd Tucker should know about this.
Thank God. I was just starting to wonder how I could pass this story to Chris Tucker.
@kotur28 I don't know who is related because I don't know their family tree. Nor do anyone know where his family tree start. Unless they are apart of Todd's family. Thank you.
@kotur28 do not need you to respond thank you.
@@toddanthony6664 cute.
@kotur28 your right. Peace✌
The resemblance to their descendants is still so striking.
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Yes those are picture perfect💝🎈!
I'm have to check in to this 🤔
imma have to check into this too
You are here.....you belong......you are loved!
Good for them that they can traced their ancestors that far back. It’s rare for African Americans to have opportunity to know. That’s awesome.
Ivan van Sertima - They Came Before Columbus
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Very nice story of the Tucker family...
It should also be understood that 1619 only when African Americans history begins in Virginia, NOT in the US. The oldest African American histories are actually in FLORIDA, people tend to forget that Blacks were present during Spanish colonial times over 100yrs BEFORE Jamestown was even founded. Peace #ADOS.
So true
We have to know where we came from. I've said it so many times. You can have a sense of belonging,seeing your start. Until this breach is restored calamities will continue. The word says we are to repair and restore the breaches. Wake up everybody. What happens in earthquake? Is there not a breach?HELLO?🤦♀️
Indeed
The first enslaved Africans arrived in North America in 1526 in South Carolina. They settled with Native Americans. The first recorded enslaved birth was recorded in St. Augustine Florida in 1606 a year before Jamestown waa even founded. Black history in the US is older than english history in the US. Always remember that. Schools in America will teach you more about european jewish holoaust, than it will teach about it's own, concerning Native Americans and Native Black Americans. This is literally why its so ridiculous when racist people say things to Native Black Americans like "go back to Africa" like really??? 99 percent of our ancestors were here before most others and our ethnicity was literally CREATED in America. This is part of the reason why its also insulting when people say dumb stuff like "we are a nation of immigrants", ummmmm no we are NOT. Native Americans, and ETHNIC African American/Native Black American/ADOS ancestors did NOT immigrate here. The only groups who's ancestors didnt come to America "seeking a better life" or looking for the "American Dream" as a matter of fact they WERE the dream to some. Love this story
Thank you for this information. This was a great history lesson. I will follow up on more of this history.
Niagara has the second oldest boat with currents to Brazil.. Scottish and Irish people came from the middle east and Levant with the snake symbol...the swastika and snake migrated around the world.. We celebrate European genocide on st Patrick's day.. Lol.. Why don't we credit Vikings if it's white washed history.. Yeah black and white history was destroyed.
You are talking about the slaves the Spanish/Portuguese brought. Just like them Europeans were in America long before Jamestown. Trading vessels, trappers, the Lost Colony in North Carolina and the Vikings well before that.
From which ghetto are you from?
@@Mani_Matter let him have his fun.. We all have stolen history. 1930s German anthropology is being proven with genetics and DNA. They was kings but we were gods. 👌
What a lucky family the Tuckers are despite all the horrors of slavery, they are able to go back in time, really back in time to trace their roots of their ancestors, and one of the first slaves in America 👏, i will definitely give them a visit if i ever get a chance, 👍❤️. Pura Vida
A lot of Africans were here way before this landing though. Washitaw Olmecs etc...
@Lola Torrez descendants of africa they migrated think about it.
You should watch the hidden colors series then.
The truth will set you free!
This is crazy I think this my family my mother maiden name is Tucker and we got William Tucker’s in my family
I'm a Tucker too but they came from England much later. Like 1900. They moved to Canada and then The US, in my line at least.
To the both of you: My great grandfather’s name was James Tucker and my family is from Washington, DC. I’ve often wondered about our history. How crazy would it be if we’re all family.
RiteousOne depending on how old you are, we should connect to see if we have the same James Tucker in common. It’s my grandfather’s name.
@ Deeply Rooted Organics I was born in ‘82.
All of you should make contact and please tell us your results; I'm fascinated.
I only got as far back as 1860, hopefully when I get over this surgery I can go research more.
girl, get well very soon.
😢 não consigo assistir este história nossos ancestrais sofrerão muito deixa me sem chão com lágrimas 😢
My old elementary school was named after Williams Tucker (Tucker-Capps in Hampton, VA)
I love these people!
Good for them so many of us have no idea and no information as to where we come from or our ancestors.
I love it... i wish i could find information like this on Ancestry.com
Reparations are due. Pronto!
The Tucker family is such a beautiful and historic American family. It's so eye opening and humbling to see a black family tied to America (USA) for over four hundred years.
So sad! These people are almost bled out. There is almost no black left.
Exactly! The guy is the only one that doesn't have a bloodline indifference. These women aren't African theu are half caucasian.smh...
It's so sad that that's all you see. It's bred out not bled out. That's a very myopic way of looking at this story. Hardly anyone black , who lives in the United States is 100% black. Black people literally come in all shades.
@@latondalingard285 bloodline indifference? You do realize that they are the same family? You can be brother and sister and exhibit different traits and features within your family. SMH...you carry on WS theory and ideology without recognizing it. Divisiveness has been wrapped around your shoulders under the guise of racial pride. One doesn't choose the color of their skin. You are mad because they are light skinned? Just wow!
@@TheLoveweaver
What is sad is when another race is purposely trying to get rid of another race. But of course you don't see that because you are blocking it from your visual third eye.
@@TheLoveweaver Truly. 👍
This is such a handsome bald-headed man!
his voice is like butta.
I wonder if they have any links to Chris Tucker? As his DNA results showed the exact same result and he also traveled to Angola.
Thankfully, the Anderson Family of Lost Creek Settlement has preserved history of our arrival as well. Most of the family is Native to this Country. Always good to know where you come from.
as soon as she said, "we built this country" they caught her off..............ADOS
Why would someone give this a thumbs down?
Yes, they are one of the many.
My husband talk about his family All the time Clifford Tucker Jr that's was my husband father father great great grandfather 💓💓💓
It goes further than that...... Deuteronomy 28:68 kjv
I've been to Fort Munroe several times and never knew!!! Why would this be hidden for so long and name changed! The Most High is pulling off the covers of those in charge and exposing the deceit.
Knowing we’re you came from empower you and your family
She said educating YOURSELF on the rich history of Hampton
Not Africans they’re Israelites
APTTMH.
Sorry. My family did my DNA and it went back to nigeria 🇳🇬 ❤ I love west African roots!
Symone Lopez-Mondy “Lopez” are you a foundational black American?
Oh yes indeed!
My grandmas maiden last name was tucker but we are from NC...this is interesting
I had to do a double-take at 2:48. The graduate in the picture looks just like Michael Jackson in the mid-80’s.