• hypnicjerk@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    yes, that’s my point. maryland was a slave state, but it didn’t secede. so there’s really only one way to interpret those flags, and it ain’t culture or heritage.

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      17 hours ago

      Arguably the main reason it didn’t succeed was that Lincoln established Marshall law and sent in federal troops.

      Sentiments among the population of Maryland was divided, but definently favorable to succession.

      • Horsey@lemmy.world
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        20 hours ago

        Another fun fact, the Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed and drawn between 1763-1767, predating any belligerence of the revolutionary war.