I guess you also learned today about the Mason-Dixon Line
FlaviusVespasian on
Nowadays, I’d put 36 30’ as the dividing line, Mason Dixon’s no longer relevant.
Impressive-Ninja-854 on
There are in fact places in Maryland where you will find folks with a southern identity. The DC burbs just tend to overshadow everything else.
PirateSanta_1 on
Reminder that Delaware was a slave state during the civil war and that along with Kentucky and West Virginia where the only states where slavery was still legal until the passage of the 13th Amendment. I wouldn’t qualify Delaware as southern now but i can certainly see why there was a time when people would.
Common-Living1933 on
Ew no don’t put us there
The_ProtoDragon on
Yeah, Maryland probably would have seceded too if it wasn’t for the federal seat of power being in D.C so any effort was snuffed out early on.
azarerm on
It’s because of the Mason-Dixon line, I think.
Moose-Rage on
Now you see why Maryland was immediately militarily occupied during the Civil War, otherwise the Union’s capitol would be smack dab in the South.
buttmagnuson on
…..look into where people like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas are from.
JediKnightaa on
How tf is this map porn
Your_Kindly_Despot on
Read “A Southern Star for Maryland” if you wish to learn more but Maryland had a significant slave population being more agriculturally based at the time, and their sympathies were clearly with the South. That’s why Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and other questionable steps, which had the north lost the war would’ve painted a different story about him.
Oblozo on
Biden confirmed Dixiecrat
Fodraz on
And Missouri was a slave state but isn’t considered „Southern“.
There’s more to being a „Southern state“ than having once had slavery, folks.
TrulyNotABot on
This is an administrative subdivision created by government bureaucrats.
This is not meant to be a cultural region. A proper subdivision of the US into cultural regions (ie Deep South, Midwest, PNW) will not stick to state lines.
Toobwoozl on
I’ve seen more confederate flags in Maryland than any other state, and I spend a lot of time in georgia/florida/alabama/louisiana.
Less-Dragonfruit-294 on
I mean anyone below the Mason Dixon line is the south.
arcteryx17 on
Mason Dixon line from the 1800s separates Pennsylvania and Maryland. This was the standard line separating the north and south.
mslauren2930 on
In other words, TIL about the Mason/Dixon line.
SteveFrench12 on

juliankennedy23 on
Well Delaware was one of the last States in or out of the Confederacy to free its slaves only the Indian nations took longer.
No-Lunch4249 on
Why is this Map Porn?
According-Turnip-724 on
The former slave states.
OldeArrogantBastard on
DC was the biggest slave trading port in this country at the time my guy.
Bo1622 on
Have these nitwits never heard of the Mason-Dixon Line? Like wtf. We were taught this stuff in like 5th grade.
Claytaco04 on
I like how these are all the slave states
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Ought to look at where the Mason-Dixon line is.
I guess you also learned today about the Mason-Dixon Line
Nowadays, I’d put 36 30’ as the dividing line, Mason Dixon’s no longer relevant.
There are in fact places in Maryland where you will find folks with a southern identity. The DC burbs just tend to overshadow everything else.
Reminder that Delaware was a slave state during the civil war and that along with Kentucky and West Virginia where the only states where slavery was still legal until the passage of the 13th Amendment. I wouldn’t qualify Delaware as southern now but i can certainly see why there was a time when people would.
Ew no don’t put us there
Yeah, Maryland probably would have seceded too if it wasn’t for the federal seat of power being in D.C so any effort was snuffed out early on.
It’s because of the Mason-Dixon line, I think.
Now you see why Maryland was immediately militarily occupied during the Civil War, otherwise the Union’s capitol would be smack dab in the South.
…..look into where people like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas are from.
How tf is this map porn
Read “A Southern Star for Maryland” if you wish to learn more but Maryland had a significant slave population being more agriculturally based at the time, and their sympathies were clearly with the South. That’s why Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and other questionable steps, which had the north lost the war would’ve painted a different story about him.
Biden confirmed Dixiecrat
And Missouri was a slave state but isn’t considered „Southern“.
There’s more to being a „Southern state“ than having once had slavery, folks.
This is an administrative subdivision created by government bureaucrats.
This is not meant to be a cultural region. A proper subdivision of the US into cultural regions (ie Deep South, Midwest, PNW) will not stick to state lines.
I’ve seen more confederate flags in Maryland than any other state, and I spend a lot of time in georgia/florida/alabama/louisiana.
I mean anyone below the Mason Dixon line is the south.
Mason Dixon line from the 1800s separates Pennsylvania and Maryland. This was the standard line separating the north and south.
In other words, TIL about the Mason/Dixon line.

Well Delaware was one of the last States in or out of the Confederacy to free its slaves only the Indian nations took longer.
Why is this Map Porn?
The former slave states.
DC was the biggest slave trading port in this country at the time my guy.
Have these nitwits never heard of the Mason-Dixon Line? Like wtf. We were taught this stuff in like 5th grade.
I like how these are all the slave states