Postal Act Of 1851 Analysis

However, Congress passed the Postal Act of 1851 which made delivering letters to 3,000 miles away inexpensive. It had made it more convenient for people to deliver letters to one another from long distances so they might hear from their loved ones sooner. Also, Americans were able to live further away from family and friends as the America had expanded westward past the Mississippi River. Slaves could not enjoy the right to deliver letters to loved ones or friend mostly because it was illegal for them to be literate. So illiterate slaves would deliver letters with the aid of white men to avoid being caught by their masters although they knew of and disliked this practice.

This chapter takes place in a time where America was starting to establish their own postal system and was trying to expand westward as a nation. Since America did not contain enough infrastructure to transport letters at a faster rate like European countries, the American people did not use the postal service except the wealthy. Advancing technology was not what needed to occur, but to make delivery prices inexpensive abolishing distance as a factor of cost. So Congress enacted a couple of regulations to improve
Thus, Congress made faster communication via inexpensive prices of delivering letters over great distances possible by revising the postal system. This made sure that letters became an important form of communication among the American people. This teaches modern Americas on some reasons why the mailing system is commonly used to today and how instantaneous communication with family and friends became possible via advanced forms of communication. In conclusion, improvements were made in America’s postal system which are still seen today with more advanced improvements made after the Civil