List of Catholic Villages de Libertè in Africa
Source: Denise Bouche, Les Villages de Liberté
en Afrique Noire Française, 1887-1910
(Paris: Mouton & Co et École Pratique des Hautes Études, 1968)
in University of Delaware library and ANFOM library
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The following table contains a list of villages de liberté created by various Catholic missions working as the Société Anti-esclavage (the Anti-Slavery Society).
| Village name | Location | Colony/territory | Date founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Created by the Pères du Saint-Esprit (Fathers of the Holy Spirit) | |||
| Saint-Henri | La Sainte-Famille des Ouaddas | Oubangui | 1899 |
| Sainte-Elisabeth | Saint-Martin des Apindjis | Gabon | 1899 |
| Saint-Antonin | Brouadou (Kissi) | French Guinea | 1901 |
| Sainte-Blandine | St. Paul des Rapides (Bangui) | Oubangui | 1901 |
| Sainte-Thérèse | Franceville | Gabon | 1902 |
| Saint-Antoine | Cabrousse (Casamance) | Senegal | 1903 |
| Saint-Louis | Old Calabar | Southern Nigeria | 1903 |
| Saint-Georges | Lambaréné | Gabon | 1903 |
| Saint-Pierre | Linzolo | Congo | 1903 |
| Saint-Jean | Bouenza | Congo | 1906 |
| Sainte-Marie | Les Abiras | Oubangui | 1907 |
| Graffinville | St. Michel de Mongo | French Guinea | 1910 |
| Created by the Pères Blancs (White Fathers) | |||
| Saint-Isidore | Kita | Soudan | 1897 |
| Saint-Adolphe | Banankoro | Soudan | 1899 |
| Saint-Félix | Kita | Soudan | 1903 |
| Saint-Eugène | Ouagadougou | Soudan | 1903 |
| Saint-Léon | Koupéla | Soudan | 1903 |
| Saint-Joachim | Patiana | Soudan | 1903 |
| Saint-Paul | Kilubula | Rhodesia | 1903 |
| Saint-Joseph | Sirakoro (Ségou) | Soudan | 1904 |
| Sainte-Cécile | Manga | Soudan | not |
| Perraudville | Khati | Soudan | 1906 |
| Saint-Pie | Kayes | Soudan | 1910 |
| Created by the Pères des Missions africaines de Lyon (African Mission Fathers of Lyon) | |||
| Saint-Lazare | Zagnanado | Dahomey | 1899 |
| Saint-Calude | Abéokuta | Southern Nigeria | 1902 |
| Wallonville | Koroko | Côte d'Ivoire | 1903 |
| Vilersville | Abomey | Dahomey | 1903 |
| Saint-Augustin | Kétou | Dahomey | 1905 |
| Saint-Bernard | Aboisso | Côte d'Ivoire | 1906 |
| Jeanne-d'Arc | Katiola | Côte d'Ivoire | 1909 |