• in 1838; they wanted to retain freedmen as agricultural workers. The Free Villages were often founded around a Baptist church, and missionaries worked...
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    the states are free to have political subdivisions called "villages" or not to and to define the word in many ways. Typically, a village is a type of municipality...
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    has media related to Villages. Look up village in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Types of villages (anthropogenic biomes) "Village Communities" . Encyclopædia...
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  • The Village Free School (VFS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit private primary and secondary school located in Portland, Oregon, United States. The school was...
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    A free-ranging dog is a dog that is not confined to a yard or house. Free-ranging dogs include street dogs, village dogs, stray dogs, feral dogs, etc...
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    Zermatt VS (car-free village) Engadin – St. Moritz GR Lenzerheide – Arosa GR Jungfrauregion: Grindelwald – Mürren – Wengen BE (car-free villages) Les quatre...
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    Wengen (category Car-free villages in Switzerland)
    are generally no roads to Wengen/Mürren. It is one of very few car-free resort villages in Europe, although there are a few service vehicles, local farm...
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    founding of several Free Villages, having gained funds to grant freedmen and their families plots of land for farming in villages independent of planter...
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    Gimmelwald (category Car-free villages in Switzerland)
    the inventory of Swiss heritage. Gimmelwald is one of the few traffic-free villages in Switzerland where access by car is not possible due to a missing...
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    in bonds were not tax-free since the bureaucracy running The Villages could not be considered a real government. The Villages' residents bore approximately...
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