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The Mason-Dixon Line

By John Davenport

Book information

Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Year
2004
ISBN
0791078302, 9780791078303
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2669448 bytes)
Series
Arbitrary borders
Pages
x, 122 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm\133
Time added
2013-01-24 20:00:00

Description

Looks at the history of the boundary which served as the barrier between the North and the South and represented the tensions over slavery. Gettysburg, November 1863 -- Two plans, one place -- One place, two peoples -- The surveyors -- Drawing imperial lines -- The border from the revolution to the Missouri Compromise -- Erasing the line : the crises of the 1850's -- The Mason-Dixon Line at war -- Dixie and the lost cause -- Binding the wound : the Mason-Dixon Line today

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