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Maryland and all the states south of it are south of the Mason-Dixon line. It was originally a line separating Pennsylvania and Delaware from Maryland and Virginia. This boundary was extended agreed in 1779. The line was named after George Mason and Jerimiah Dixon. These men had surved the line, thus the name "Mason -Dixon".
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What was the boundary line between slave and free states in the East originally southern border of Pennsylvania?
The Mason-Dixon line.
Dixie are below the Mason-Dixie line?
Dixie is the southern states that made up the Confederate States of America. So yes they are below the Mason - Dixon line but only the 11 states (As far out as Texas) that fought for the confederacy. All states west of Texas that are below the line are not considered to be part of dixie.
What is the line between slave and free states?
mason Dixon line
How many slaves lived below the Mason Dixon Line in 1790?
According to the 1790 US Census, 94% of US slaves lived south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
How long is the mason-dixon line?
The Mason - Dixon Line is 233 miles long.
What was the imaginary line called that separated the southern states and the northern states?
The "Mason-Dixon" Line Not true, the Mason-Dixon line was used due to colonial disputes with the British colonies at about 1763
What marked the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland?
The Mason Dixon Line which has come to symbolize the cultural boundary between the Northern United States and Dixie.
What line divided Pennsylvania and Virginia?
The Mason-Dixon Line is the boundary between Pennsylvania and Virginia. It was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 to settle a border dispute between the British colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland.
What was the boundary line between slave and free states in the East originally southern border of Pennsylvania?
The Mason-Dixon line.
What is the region below that Mason Dixon Line?
it means in the southern part of the united states
Dixie are below the Mason-Dixie line?
Dixie is the southern states that made up the Confederate States of America. So yes they are below the Mason - Dixon line but only the 11 states (As far out as Texas) that fought for the confederacy. All states west of Texas that are below the line are not considered to be part of dixie.
What is the line between slave and free states?
mason Dixon line
Is it Mason-Dixie Line or Mason-Dixon Line?
It's Mason-Dixon.
What states are seperated by the mason-dixon line?
Pennsylvania and Maryland
What line of latitude separated the free from the slave states?
Mason Dixon Line
What imagernary line that once separated the free states and the slave states?
Mason Dixon line
What was the Mason-Dixon Line known for in the 1800s and Civil War era?
The Mason-Dixon line was known for the division between the northern and southern states in the U.S
