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Permanency has been given to this progressive work by the Erection of numerous School-houses, built by the combined efforts of the freedmen and the Bureau.  In every instance where the Bureau has aided in the construction of houses the title to the property has been vested in a Board of Trustees. Under this plan the freedmen now hold possession of School houses in Montgomery, Greenville, Evergreen, Selma, Marion, Demopolis, Gainesville, Wetumpka, West Point, Mount Meiss, Union Springs, Florence, La Fayette, Huntsville and Decatur. In the rural districts and on plantations the freedmen have erected numerous rude School houses which the Bureau has aided in supplying with the necessary School furniture.  Applications for the Establishment of Colored Schools have steadily increased throughout the year. The demand has been greater than could be supplied.
The prejudice existing against them one year ago has in great part disappeared.
Parents seem to have a growing appreciation of the privileges brought within their reach, and there is no abatement in the zeal of pupils.
The teachers employed, with rare exceptions, have shown their interest in the work by their fidelity and earnestness.  Some of the voluntary associations have withdrawn from the 

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