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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:bridge
gptkb:historical_region
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gptkbp:commissionedBy
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British colonial authorities
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gptkbp:crosses
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gptkb:Appalachian_Mountains
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gptkbp:established
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1767
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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symbolic divider between North and South in the United States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mason-Dixon Line
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gptkbp:latitude
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39°43′ N
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gptkbp:length
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about 233 miles
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:mapType
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Mason and Dixon's map of 1768
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Jeremiah_Dixon
gptkb:Charles_Mason
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Maryland–Pennsylvania_boundary
Maryland–Delaware boundary
Maryland–West Virginia boundary
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gptkbp:purpose
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resolve border dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:separates
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gptkb:Delaware
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:West_Virginia
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gptkbp:surveyedBy
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gptkb:Jeremiah_Dixon
gptkb:Charles_Mason
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gptkbp:usedAs
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demarcation line for slavery before the Civil War
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Maryland-Pennsylvania_border
gptkb:NCR_Trail
gptkb:Mason-Dixon_Line_marker
gptkb:Mason-Dixon_Trail
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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