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Murray Town, Sierra Leone

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is also located here. Murray Town contains many colonial style board houses dating back to the turn of the 20th century.
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Murray Town was founded in April 1829 to provide accommodation for
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is based here arising from the local camp for such people. The
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Populated places established by Sierra Leone Creoles
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Sierra Leone
Freetown
Amputees and War Wounded Association
Sierra Leone Grammar School
8°30′N 13°16′W / 8.500°N 13.267°W / 8.500; -13.267
liberated enslaved Africans
Freetown
British
Royal Navy
West Africa Squadron
Royal African Corps
Thomas Leighton Decker
linguist
Krio language
"Murray Town Community Freetown"
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Neighbourhoods in Freetown
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Populated places established by Sierra Leone Creoles

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