What is the Mason-Dixon line?

Mr. Beat tells the story of the Mason–Dixon line.

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Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America by Edwin Danson
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Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation
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How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein
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https://web.archive.org/web/20171230025832/http://www.mdlpp.org/pdf/library/JournalofMasonandDixon.pdf
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/mason-dixon-line.htm
https://www.monongaliacounty.gov/departments/parks_and_recreation/mason_dixon_historical_park/
https://www.alltrailsMason Dixon Historical Park.com/trail/us/west-virginia/m-d-marker-trail
https://visitgreene.org/explore/1262/mason-dixon-historical-park/
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a45836176/mason-dixon-line-volunteers/
https://historycooperative.org/mason-dixon-line/
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/the-mason-dixon-line
https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040147/https://www.mdlpp.org/pdf/library/JeremiahDixonaBiographicalNote.pdf
https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/mason-dixon-line/
https://southwarkhistory.org/why-the-mason-dixon-survey-started-on-phillys-south-street-4f548be4836a
https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/our-most-famous-border-mason-dixon-line
https://www.gpsworld.com/mapping-the-original-stones-along-the-mason-dixon-line/

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The Mason-Dixon line was originally just the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Now, a DISPUTED border between the two now states but former colonies, but more on that in a bit.

This border was so important that it later became known as the boundary between Southern slave states and Northern free states in the decades before the American Civil War.

Heck, even AFTER the American Civil War it was a big deal, and even today this border marks a significant cultural divide in the United States.