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By 1804, before the creation of new states from the federal western territories, the number of slave and free states was 8 each. By the time of Missouri Compromise of 1820, the dividing line between the slave and free states was called the Mason-Dixon line (between Maryland and Pennsylvania), with its westward extension being the Ohio River.
Dan Seals sang "Mason Dixon line" and the song symbolically references the line. [52] GZA references the "Mason-Dixon Line" in the closing words of his feature verse on Raekwon's song "Guillotine (Swords)" from his debut 1995 album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. [53] Tom Lehrer references the Mason–Dixon line in his song "I Wanna Go Back to Dixie ...
The Mason–Dixon line – another line linked to the slave-free division in the U.S. Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665 – the border between the Colony of Virginia and the Province of Carolina that follows the parallel 36°30′ north latitude that came to be associated with the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
The Mason-Dixon Line later became the focal point for the American Civil War (1861-1865). An anecdote recounts Jeremiah Dixon's views: "Jeremiah Dixon, happening upon a slave driver mercilessly beating a poor black woman. 'Thou must not do that!' he shouted. 'You be damned! Mind your own business,' came the reply.
On the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania, a team of volunteer surveyors work diligently to preserve both the markers and the history of the Mason-Dixon Line.
The route was particularly dangerous for blacks to pass through slave states, those south of the Mason-Dixon line, after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. It was also dangerous to share "even a hint of abolitionist sentiment." [5] [6] The Dover Eight carried cudgels and pistols for their protection. [7] [8]
These were "slaveholding" states, all south of the Mason–Dixon line. The border south states had less than 2% to more than 19% of their 1860 population held as slaves, with an average of 13%; middle south states ranged from 25 to 33% slaves, with an average of 29%. (Deep South 43–57%, except Texas, with 30%.) [13]
Life below the Mason-Dixon line is known for warm weather and low costs -- and that second part is especially important for anyone planning to retire on Social Security alone. The average monthly ...