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Yes! During harsh times of slavery, a man named Henry Brown in Virginia lost his family to a plantation in North Carolina in 1848. He was devastated, and refused to let the same thing happen to himself. So, he built a box and "Mailed himself to freedom." He was shipped to his friends in Pennsylvania and lived free the rest of his life.

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David Jackson

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"...Yes! During harsh times of slavery..."
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David Jackson

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Are you saying that there were "Good times of slavery"? My My Great-Grandparents must have just forgotten them "Good Ole Days:.
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Anonymous

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Can i ask you something?                                                   WHO ACTUALLY ASKED?!
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dont care
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Vazenroy !

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@David Jackson Can u maybe not try to make them sound racist? They clearly meant that times of slavery were harsh, not that some parts of slavery were and others weren't. Check yourself before you make comments like that
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Ok come
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Ribbons & Bows

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I knew that, at one time, it was possible to send, usually children, through the mail (the weight limit being 50lbs). However, for a more complete & interesting list, Wikipedia has a page on the subject.
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Breanna

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thats true i love history
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Isaure MAUSSET

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That is sad and happy...
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DNA

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Credi che un essere umano sia un oggetto? La risposta è ovviamente no!
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Ms. Shivers

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Yes. Here is some background information I found on the web

One of the earliest tales of beating the mail system occurred in 1849 with the escape of Virginia slave Henry “Box” Brown. One night, Brown had a dream to “mail [himself] to a place where there are no slaves.” With $86 in hand, Brown enlisted the help of a local storekeeper to box him up with water and biscuits and send him north to freedom. James Miller McKim, a Philadelphia abolitionist, agreed to receive the box. The trip began on March 23. While the journey only lasted 27 hours, Brown’s box was passed from wagon to railroad to steamboat and back again. The box often ended up upside down, but Brown remained quiet enough to avoid discovery. On March 24, Brown arrived in Philadelphia and was released as a free man.

That wasn’t the only case of shipping people by mail. In 1914, 5-year-old May Pierstorff was sent from Grangeville, Idaho to visit her grandmother in Lewiston, Idaho. When it came time to buy tickets, Pierstorff’s parents discovered that sending their daughter through parcel post was cheaper than buying fare. Pierstorff, who weighed less than the 50-pound weight limit, was sent through the mail at the chicken rate. Before Pierstorff boarded the train, her parents clipped 53 cents to her coat and sent her on her way. Upon arrival in Lewiston, the postmaster personally delivered the young girl to her grandmother’s house. Six years later, the practice of shipping humans through parcel post became illegal.

Mental floss. com article53334

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Jonathon Witting

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Actually, yes. Shortly after parcel post was introduced in the early 1900s, several parents sent their small children though the mail. This was done with the help of sympathetic postal workers, most commonly over short distances in rural areas. And it was cost effective—in 1913, it cost just 15 cents to mail an 8-month-old baby to his grandmother.

Before you get any big ideas, though, know that the fun came to an end in 1920 when the postmaster general officially outlawed sending people through the mail. How lame.

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Anonymous

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oh
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Anonymous

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Hmm.. I support NOT sending people through the mail!
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Zi Xin Chen

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Crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!
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JuniorHigh324

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That's kinda....weird
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Anonymous

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oo
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Anonymous

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oooooooooookkk?????what????
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Anonymous

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that's CRAZY!!!!! WHY WOULD PEOPLE DO THAT
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Anonymous

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bruh
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Anonymous

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intersting
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Anonymous

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why would parents be sooooooo dumb in doing that, like bra
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Anonymous

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why would parents be sooooooooooo dumb in doing that, like bra?
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Anonymous

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Yeah. Imagine a person getting delivered in a giant box in your front porch....Police shows up "You are arrested because of human trafficking".
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Summer Williams

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What!? Really!?
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Summer Williams

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Ah you know what I don't actually far tho
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Anonymous

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Who here likes seexxxx
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Braliyah Bradford

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Don't forget about the slave Henry Box Brown!
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Madelynn

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w t f who would do that?????????????
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Madelynn

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0_0
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Iara Hernandez

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I'm dying of laughter :D
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Khushi Bharti

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who will give up there child
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Iara Hernandez

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habahyawa?
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Elayna

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ohhhh
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Mr's Jr cdc gov Muhd...

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Yes how are you doing
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Mr's Jr cdc gov Muhd...

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Yes
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Mr's Jr cdc gov Muhd...

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You have a whatsapp no
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mijanurshaikh

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na
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Nikolaos Tziolas

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Ω!
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Matuzelatogo

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Hilarious but true Story.
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more محمد

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جميل
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ddln

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Yes
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SKOP DINOS

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yes
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Ralph miraflor

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Check this Video How human mailed..Clickhere:
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Banananananana

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das sus man
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kfjeldal

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View the topic Slavery for more information!
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9945109

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cool
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9945109

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cool that you know this
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4ariam

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yes bc henry brown
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cbbible

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could u ship ur self to hell or heaven while ur alive
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Errin Harper-Hill

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oh
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Natan Abraham

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lol
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Lisa Ross

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Ooooh
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Raevyn White

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What if the child was turned upside down or crushed by another box did no one think of this
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jennayyy

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😭 the comments from anonymous and anotha askin someone if dey got whatsapp
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Smart Alec

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BRUH. Why would you want to be mailed in a box? CREEPY!
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Smart Alec

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OKAY. NOW THATS CREPY
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Smart Alec

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IMAGINE BEING MAILED IN A BOX.....
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Smart Alec

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sorry caps lock was on
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Lacy Johnson

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i´m skeptical
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clark7920

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I WANT TO BE MAILED OUT OF THE USA!!!
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Renee sieling

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That's a little weird,like a 8-month old baby,seriously
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Savannah Hill

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That's weird to send their children away
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H
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Loshini Talari

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Oh God.....
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Loshini Talari

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But, it is a good idea
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W...T...F
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Christine Souza

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i didn't know that
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omgomgomgomgomgomg
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Larondeb

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unbelievable.
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Hockeychloe50

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Uhm oof
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DJGray103

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yeah no
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Isaure MAUSSET

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Awww... Boring, how fun it could be... sad... Thanks for this!
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FUNG HO CHUN 4D08

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So harsh to the kid
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h
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Eshaan Grewal

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h
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LLL

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Yes
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Samuel Ajayi

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In the early days of U.S. parcel service, there weren't clear guidelines about what you could and couldn't mail. In January 1913, one Ohio couple took advantage of the U.S. Postal Service's new parcel service to make a very delivery: their infant son
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Samuel Tapias

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cool

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Mazikeen

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Wasn't there a slave that mailed himself? Not sure though

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Anonymous

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nic
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Kendra Allen

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No
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Anonymous

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Yes his middle name was BOX
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Lexie2012

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haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa his name was boy box box
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Historynerd17

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Yeah there was Henry “box “ brown
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astead

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Yes many slave mailed themselves to freedom
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Breanna

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there was
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Abdul Abdul Basit

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Yes I think so

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Ccs293 Student

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Human mail is the transportation of a person through the postal system, usually as a stowaway. While rare, there have been some reported cases of people attempting to travel through the mail. And my real name is Queen devil

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Its3lisa Gara

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no its not and to `make you writing make seance to the stupid put youre self in and box and mail yourself
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jennayyy

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lmaoao chileee. how u gon correct someone on their writing when u cant even spell since right 😭 i said wht i said .
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Eli Edwards

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We hate you

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David Jackson

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I understand that a certain current president has a tendency to "male it in". But that's just a rumor.

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Lexie2012

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let me ask my mom she works for the post offece
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Its3lisa Gara

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wot
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cbbible

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wait can u get shipped to hell or heaven when ur living???
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Eli Edwards

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No
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Cbbible

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yes

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Bich
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Anonymous

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Oh my gods if your gonna cyber bully at least spell it right! For miss nadias sake im going to have to kindly ask you to take your awful grammar and get it off this site. 
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I love school

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If your gonna cyber dont even try,How old are you 9 If your older than nine then learn some repect for other people why would someone want you to online bully them would you like it if someone did that to you learn how to treat other people.
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yes there was
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jennayyy

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not the cyberbullying 😭🖐 .
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Eli Edwards

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ccs293student dont say that

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عبود عباس

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نعم! خلال أوقات العبودية القاسية ، فقد رجل يدعى هنري براون في فرجينيا عائلته في مزرعة في نورث كارولينا في عام 1848. وقد أصيب بالدمار ، ورفض السماح بحدوث نفس الشيء لنفسه. لذلك ، بنى صندوقًا و "أرسل نفسه إلى الحرية". تم نقله إلى أصدقائه في ولاية بنسلفانيا وعاش حراً بقية حياته.

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Russel Paucek

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love it!
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Eli Edwards

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what the

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Ivan Bazie

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The history of the United States Postal Service (USPS) merges with that of the United States. The American Post was created in 1775, a few months before the country's independence. Its first director was none other than Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The whole world knows the Pony Express and its riders who delivered mail in the American West. And also these little white vans seen in so many films.\n\n>> Coronavirus: follow the evolution of the pandemic in the world in our direct\n\nBut for several years, the Post, an independent agency attached to the federal government, has accumulated debts: nearly $ 161 billion at the end of 2019. USPS director Megan Brennan estimates the shortfall associated with this coronavirus epidemic at $ 13 billion. Before the pandemic, the American Post processed 180 million letters and parcels every day. Its main income: group shipments. "But which store is going to send flyers right now to advertise and sell its cars, furniture or DIY items, wonders Mark Dimondstein, who heads the first American Posters Union. All of these businesses have been closed for several weeks now. As a result, the volume of mail to be processed has decreased dramatically. And our income was brutally halved."\n\nThe fatal coronavirus at the USPS ?\nThe crisis is such that the USPS (which with 630,000 employees is one of the largest employers in the country) is wondering today if it will be able to survive beyond the summer. New York Democratic representative Carolyn Maloney recently said that "postal services are in the hot seat". Unionist Mark Dimondstein also confides his concern: "soon we will no longer be able to fulfill our public service mission, which is to deliver mail to all Americans, wherever they are in this gigantic territory, and at a reduced price. Our administrator explains that the USPS could die this summer, in July or August, if Congress does nothing and does not help us. How to imagine that ? Not to mention the risk of losing hundreds of thousands of jobs, many of them held by women, African Americans, Latinos. All paid the same for the same job. ".\n\nIn front of a post office in Georgetown, Washington, where no one is rushing, Matthew, a resident, is also concerned about the future of this public service: "I like the idea of a postal service that allows me to send a letter to the other side of the country, and without it costing me dearly. I live in the federal capital and ultimately use their services relatively little. I do everything online, or via Amazon or Fedex. But for my sister who lives in the countryside, I measure how useful the Post is."\n\nA service undermined by stiff competition\nIn truth, the difficulties of the USPS are not new. The public agency has had to face competition from mail and electronic commerce for years. It also faces that of private operators such as Fedex, Amazon, or UPS who could eventually recover part of its activities. To avoid this, the United States Congress has already released a $ 10 billion loan to the Post Office, subject to Treasury approval. It would take an additional $ 80 billion to allow the company to face the crisis, said the agency director. But it seems that the rescue of the American Post is not one of the priorities of the Trump administration. The latter has regularly criticized the USPS, which it considers poorly managed, and "ideologically oriented" as the rate of union members is high.

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Dagann

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I find it suspicious as to why the GOP, who has a history of union busting, is so prone to rely on police unions?

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Trussti Das

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Actually, yes. Shortly after parcel post was introduced in the early 1900s, several parents sent their small children though the mail. This was done with the help of sympathetic postal workers, most commonly over short distances in rural areas. And it was cost effective—in 1913, it cost just 15 cents to mail an 8-month-old baby to his grandmother.Before you get any big ideas, though, know that the fun came to an end in 1920 when the postmaster general officially outlawed sending people through the mail. How lame.

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Hazel Hammes

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u sure?
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Isaure MAUSSET

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Oh my.
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why are we talkig about people in the mail
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