Post mail workers
Before the building of post offices, Europeans employed post runners who would run miles and miles to deliver and receive letters from ships at the post for their white masters. With the establishment of several institutions. Post runners soon advanced into mail workers. Some worked at the harbour sorting out the letters while others worked as delivery workers. Post mail workers were respected for their integrity in delivering documents with highly confidential information. They were often made to swear an oath of secrecy.
