The Independent - News 'Dixie' map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction After a brief bidding war, the manuscript map that helped divide the United States into North and South, free and slave states, has sold for $950,000.

The Independent - News 'Dixie' map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction After a brief bidding war, the manuscript map that helped divide the United States into North and South, free and slave states, has sold for $950,000.