Postal Censorship and Surveillance: A Timeline
Jun 17, 2021
2 minutes
Text: Jesse Walker
1775
A year before independence, the Continental Congress creates the Postal Service—not as a government agency, but as one of several new independent alternatives to the British postal system. One advantage: This allows American dissidents to communicate without the authorities intercepting their letters.
1835
Southern mobs seize
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