How did Maryland and Delaware escape the South’s cultural orbit?

They cucked out and didn't join the Confederacy

Nor Va isn't the South anymore either

Hell once upon a time Massachusetts was the land of Puritans

Virginia used to be one of the most southern states. Now it’s hardly the south at all

Laws against interracial marriage in Delaware weren't repealed until 1986. Only Mississippi and Alabama had these laws on their books longer.

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Laws against interracial marriage in Delaware weren't repealed until 1986.

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Can't have a racial jungle.

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Laws against interracial marriage in Delaware weren't repealed until 1986. Only Mississippi and Alabama had these laws on their books longer.

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Ignoring the obvious criticism of these laws’ inherent racism, it’s always hilarious just how untenable they are.

A) under “one drop” criteria, almost no one is purely white

b) eventually, if strictly carried as rigidly as possible, on a long enough timeline, it would lead to inbreeding depression in white people

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If West Virginia is Southern, then this little wedge stuck way up in between Ohio and Pennsylvania grants Ohio and Pennsylvania at least some measure of “Southerness.”

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I live in that part of WV actually. It's only about 5 miles wide but it's noticeably more Southern here than across the Ohio or PA line. Not saying it's full-blown South but the accents here are definitely more Southern than anything you'd find in Pittsburgh. Likely people from different parts of the state though.

Pittsburgh is a strange case in general though. It's definitely more of an Appalachian city than a Mid-Atlantic city

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But most of these days, you don’t see them mentioned in cultural conversations about the South. So what gives?

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Lincoln deployed the army to prevent Maryland from seceding.

I don’t know about Delaware, but Maryland was overrun by transplants the way Virginia was later. There are pockets of southern culture left, but the state is largely ruined.

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