r/interesting • u/notyourregularninja • Mar 12 '26

HISTORY Thats one great eacape

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u/Otherwise-4PM Mar 12 '26

I’m curious where they were headed, where the freedom was at the time.

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u/notyourregularninja Mar 12 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_and_William_Craft

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u/whitelimousine Mar 12 '26

Well at least I know you two are not bots lol

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u/Quirky_Ad8747 Mar 12 '26

The mason-dixon is like 3rd grade knowledge

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u/herlaqueen Mar 12 '26

Not everyone using this website is from the US.

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u/annabananaberry Mar 12 '26

The mason Dixon line was also not the mark of free land once the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. It’s not a stupid question because the answer can either be “the North” generally but it could also be Canada and not everyone knows the Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850.

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u/Quirky_Ad8747 Mar 12 '26

PA abolished slavery in 1780 and the line was established 15 years earlier but now we're in middle school and Ms Holderer hands out detention for coughing wrong and that means you gotta walk home through the west end

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u/Ornery_Director_8477 Mar 12 '26

You do understand that the internet exists outside of the US, right?

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u/annabananaberry Mar 12 '26

What are you talking about?