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What does Mason-Dixon Line mean?

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Proper noun
  1. The boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run (1764-1767) by two English astronomers named Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, that, before abolition, defined part of the northern boundary of states in which slavery was permitted.
  2. The boundary between the free and slave states at the time of the American Civil War. Also alluded to in situations where political or cultural properties of the free and slave states are contrasted.
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The Hicks variety bears for six to eight weeks but is not hardy north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Well, seemingly everyone except those who live below the Mason-Dixon line.
Like Cohen, many of these casualties were white Democrats from below the Mason-Dixon Line.
Two different types of civilization had grown up on opposite sides of the Mason-Dixon line.
Milligan, who had lived south of the Mason-Dixon line, stepped up to impress George properly.
This type of slavery was most common along the Mason-Dixon line.

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