Freedmen News

Protection of the “AS DESCENDANTS OF AMERICAN SLAVES” Designation (USPTO Reg. No. 5745836) Effective February 1, 2026, the Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) and the American Freedmen Legal Fund (AFLF) will begin formal licensing enforcement for the federally registered designation “AS DESCENDANTS OF AMERICAN SLAVES” (USPTO Reg. No. 5745836), consistent with the Exclusive Trademark License Agreement executed on July 11, 2025. This designation is not a general identity phr

Purpose of Asset Transfers The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) was established to lawfully receive, protect, and steward assets for the benefit of a defined historically harmed population—Verified Freedmen—through private trust governance. Asset transfers into the Trust are not limited to beneficiaries. The Trust is intentionally structured to accept assets from external individuals, wealthy persons, corporations, estates, and fiduciaries, while also allowing Verified

For historical accuracy and record correction, early American source material must be used—not modern racial constructs. The American Dictionary of the English Language , compiled by Noah Webster, reflects how people were described and classified in the early United States, before later racial consolidation. In this dictionary, “copper-colored” is a recognized racial descriptor associated with the native inhabitants of the Americas, commonly identified at the time as American