Show MASON AND DIXONS LINE popular misapprehension as to meaning of term and jutt juet what the phrase implied very incorrect la Is the general belief that mason alason and dixons line as originally laid off divided the slave hold ing states from the tree free states on the contrary it ran tor for one third of its whole length between Nl maryland aryland and delaware both of which were slaveholding slave holding states at the time the line was rl run ah purely to settle a boundary dispute be between tweet pennsylvania maryland and delaware all the same the actual mason iason and dixons line was as much synonym for trouble and dissension in its day as was the figure of speech to which in after years it gave rise and the phrase will hold bitter meaning to some until in that looked tor for day of charity to all men shall hall be fulfilled dr D john recent prophecy that when the people of the south and the north get together they will forget there was ever a mason and dixons line southern womans comans magazine |