The Mason-Dixon line became symbolic of the division between the "free states" and "slave states" from the Missouri Compromise until the end of the American Civil War. Pennsylvania abolished slavery early while Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri remained slave states until the end of the war.
After the Civil War, the line continued to be thought of as a cultural boundary, which is imagined as continuing westward from Pennsylvania down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River, and crossing the Mississippi to place Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas south of the line. Debate respectfully proceeds as to whether border states such as Missouri, Kentucky and West Virginia belong on the north or south side of this boundary line.
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The Mason-Dixon line became symbolic of the division between the "free states" and "slave states" from the Missouri Compromise until the end of the American Civil War. Pennsylvania abolished slavery early while Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri remained slave states until the end of the war.
After the Civil War, the line continued to be thought of as a cultural boundary, which is imagined as continuing westward from Pennsylvania down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River, and crossing the Mississippi to place Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas south of the line. Debate respectfully proceeds as to whether border states such as Missouri, Kentucky and West Virginia belong on the north or south side of this boundary line.
from Wikipedia.com
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