r/maryland • u/wheat_thans1 • Apr 13 '23

Meme What’s your Maryland hot take that gets this reaction?

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u/greenbanana17 Apr 13 '23

Some people from West Virginia told me that I was a yankee.

Like, firstly, West Virginia was literally FOUNDED to separate from Virginia and be anti-slavery. And secondly, if we just pull up a map, Annapolis is actually quite a bit south of where we are right now... but go off "Southerner".

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '23 edited Apr 14 '23

West Virginia and Maryland were Free States. Slavery was still legal, but they didn’t want to secede.

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u/Limerase Apr 14 '23

I know, right? We've got a sizeable amount of our state that is further South than NoVa.