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Bible Encyclopedias
Mason and Dixon's Line
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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So called after English engineers who surveyed it 1764-67; is the boundary separating Maryland from Pennsylvania and Delaware; during the Civil War it was inaccurately regarded as dividing the slave-holding from the free States, Maryland and Delaware both recognising slavery.
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Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mason and Dixon's Line'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/mason-and-dixons-line.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mason and Dixon's Line'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/mason-and-dixons-line.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
