435 Freedmen: Texas Tote to Triumph! July 11, 2026
Medium Midweight 100% Cotton Canvas Tote Bag
- Sizes One Size
About this campaign
Their names carry a remarkable journey. Your gift helps engrave them forever.
In 1867, 435 Freed Men, Women, and Children did what the engineers of a broken system never anticipated. They petitioned the Freedmen's Bureau for transportation — casting themselves into a journey of profound uncertainty — boarding rail cars to Charleston, crossing the Gulf aboard the "Adele" to Galveston, and pressing inland by rail once more — arriving in Falls County, Texas as architects of their own future.
Now History itself will witness their Descendants say their names — etched in stone, in perpetuity.
Every Commemorative Tote sold through this fundraiser directly supports the design and installation of the Marlin Memorial, presented by the Black Pearls of Genealogy (BPOG), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving Black Family History.
When you carry this tote, you lift heir Story -- Living forward. Your GIVING supports:
-Funding the Memorial's design, shipping and Installation in Marlin, Texas.
-Honoring Descendants of the Shaw, Bradley, Tisdale, Burroughs, Cooper, Jenkins, Singletary, Mouzon, Pendergrass Families...
-Preserving one of Texas's most significant Reconstruction-era legacies for future generations.
Every dollar moves this monument closer to the grounds it was meant to stand on.
Claim this Commemorative Tote--Fund in Remembrance, anonymous donations are welcomed and honored.
We thank you for embarking upon this journey — with Us, for Them, as ONE.
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*Founded by David Anthony Taylor,
Black Pearls of Genealogy (BPOG) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to preserving and honoring
Black Family History through FREE online access to Genealogy tools.
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