Liberia: Traces of America's Ghosts: 201606Lib_38

Patience Wallace, 14, heats water for a bath on a cold and rainy day. Former President Tubman's house in Harper, once referred to as the Tubman Palace, is now derelict and filled with squatters.

Photo by @glennagordon for @smithsonianmag

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