'Dixie' map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The hand-drawn map showing the Mason-Dixon Line that eventually divided free from slave states in the U.S. sold Thursday for $950,000. Forty-five bidders battled for just under three minutes for ownership of what is perhaps the most consequential map in American history. Bidding started at $400,000 for the survey of states [...]

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