By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal and Guide
In 1619, the first “20 and odd” Black Africans arrived at Fort Comfort in what is today Hampton, Virginia.
William Tucker, the first Black child recorded to be born in the English colonies, was the son of Anthony and Isabella whose descendants today in Hampton and elsewhere are able to trace their family genealogy to that first branch of their family tree.
Continue reading How Today’s Descendants Are Tracing Their Family Roots at The New Journal and Guide.
