Mason-Dixon Line

Proper noun

historical

(historical) The boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run (1764–1767) by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, that, before abolition, defined part of the northern boundary of states in which slavery was permitted.

Japanese Meaning

Mason-Dixon Line（メイソン・ディクソン線）は、1764年から1767年にかけてチャールズ・メイソンとジェレミー・ディクソンによって引かれた、ペンシルベニア州とメリーランド州の境界線を示します。この線は、奴隷制度が合法であった州の一部における北部の境界を定める際に重要な役割を果たした歴史的な境界線です。

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The Mason-Dixon Line once governed not only maps but also the lived realities of millions along its course.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

かつて、ペンシルベニア州とメリーランド州の境界線（メイソンとディクソンが測量したもの）は、地図だけでなく、その沿線に暮らす何百万人もの生活にも影響を及ぼしていました。

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I am indebted to you for a topic to deny to the Pensylvania claim to a line 39 complete degrees from the equator. As an advocate I shall certainly insist on it; but I wish they would compromise by an extension of Mason & Dixon's line. — They do not agree to the temporary line proposed by our assembly.

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Sense（2）

The boundary between the free and slave states at the time of the American Civil War, or between states with different segregationist policies in the Jim Crow era.

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Mason–Dixon Line

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