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Where did the term Mason-Dixon line originate What does it mean?
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The Mason-Dixon line, named for Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, the surveyors who mapped it out, was originally the border between the colonies of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia (in present-day West Virginia). The line later was extended westwards, marking the border between slave states and free states.
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