| Colporteurs were also subject to elaborate instruction manuals and trade publications such as the American Messenger, devoted to their continuing training in the field. |
| At one time it employed nearly 300 colporteurs, and virtually every parish in the country was visited by one of its men and his bag of books. |
| Throughout the 1890s, Korean colporteurs worked with missionaries to distribute texts throughout the country. |
| The prefect's efforts in this affair were focused on the persecution of colporteurs, key figures in the marketing and distribution of antigovernment pamphlets and newspapers. |
