In an address given in 1844, abolitionist Charles Dexter Cleveland contended that the U.S. Post Office not only suppressed abolitionist writings, but also provided a massive subsidy from the profitable Northern routes to the unprofitable Southern routes. It occurred to me that this consideration could well have explained why abolitionist Lysander Spooner decided to establish his private American Letter Mail Company in 1844 to compete with the Post Office. While obtaining additional information about Spooner’s enterprise, I came across this recent account of Spooner’s venture: Lysander Spooner and the United States Postal Monopoly by Michael Billy.
On May 11 the US Post Office is raising the price of stamps by 2
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