Neutral ground

Neutral ground

Neutral Ground may refer to:

  • A No Man's Land
  • The 30-mile-wide stretch of land between the British troops occupying New York City during the American Revolution and American-held territory in northern Westchester County, New York;[1]
  • Neutral Ground (Louisiana), a no man's land between Spanish Texas and American Louisiana in the early 19th century
  • A central reservation, or median strip, the area that separates opposing lanes of traffic in divided highways, especially in New Orleans
  • Property/Land/Country on which two parties meet, yet that is indifferent towards them. Sometimes with a present local/indigenous third party being called upon as negotiator.

Notes

  1. ^ Burrows, Edwin G. and Wallace, Mike. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. p.246 ISBN 0-965-068537



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