Mason-DixonLine

Mason-DixonLine
Ma·son-Dix·on Line (māʹsən-dĭkʹsən)
The boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, regarded as the division between free and slave states before the Civil War. It was established between 1763 and 1767 by the British surveyors Charles Mason (1730-1787) and Jeremiah Dixon (died 1777).

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Universalium. 2010.

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