Charles Tucker

Tears That Changed a Nation Charles Tucker

Slavery has left a permanent impression upon the conscience of America, and created a terrible cancer that wounded the countrys heart and soul for generations in both the North and the South. The land of the free, as we now know it, was not always so. Countless men and women were violently taken from their families and thrust into the throes of hard labor, unfamiliar surroundings, abuse, along with days and nights filled with inconsolable mourning. And yet, many experienced life in a way that their slave masters would have considered normal. They cared for their masters children, mended their clothing, prepared their food, and ironically became the backbone of their masters families. In Tears That Changed a Nation, you will learn the true story of our sordid past through the experiences of a remarkable former slave woman. Known as Aunt Minty, she lived 111 years and never learned to read nor write. At the time Arminta OBanion was born, slavery had already become established in America. The first cargo ship of thirteen Africans arrived in St. Marys City in 1642, and in 1664, Maryland legalized slavery. In 1783 Maryland prohibited the importation of slaves. The Maryland Gazette denounced the inequality in newly formed America, which promoted liberty and freedom while enslaving thousands.