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Sates like Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina are considered to be below the Mason-Dixon line. This means that they are
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Sates like Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina are considered to be below the Mason-Dixon line. This means that they are

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 designated Mason and Dixon's west line as the national divide between the "free" and "slave" states east of the Ohio River, and the line suddenly acquired new significance.
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