RE: https://aus.social/@eddyjokovich/116796316261510392
Up until the 1890's, borders only stopped armies. It was where you paid customs.
Passports are an invention of WWI.
From the 1890s to WWI they checked people, but it was mainly health checks. "We don't let people with your disease in".
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