Harper, Liberia ship, the MV "Catarina," sails fortnightly between Harper and Monrovia. From the Ivory Coast, Harper is accessible from Tabou. One of the town's most famous sons is President William Tubman, who was born in Harper. Cape Palmas is considered to be one of the traditional hometowns of the Americo-Liberians, descendants of freed slaves from the United States who settled in Liberia and declared it an independent country in 1847. John Brown Russwurm, an African American abolitionist and governor of Monrovia, was buried in Harper after his death. There is a statue to commemorate his grave site. Harper, Liberia Harper, situated
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