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African Americans and the Postal Service
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African Americans and the Postal Service
In June 1788 the ninth state ratified the Constitution, which gave Congress the power "To establish Post Offices and post Roads" (Article I, Section 8). The earliest known African Americans employed in the United States mail service were enslaved people who worked for mail transportation contractors. However, in 1802, fearing a slave revolt like that occurring in the land that would become Haiti, Congress declared that only free white men were p…
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