Lech Walesa (polish politician and labor activist)<span />
I believe that was in 1897
this is what I got from Google-
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that the Missouri Compromise's prohibition of slavery in territories was unconstitutional, an increasingly diverse body of opponents of slavery rallied around the Republican Party.
People started moving towards the South in the second half of the 20th century mostly for economic reasons. Southern states had cheaper standards of living and you could find a home easier and a job. The expenses were not as high as they were in the northern countries, mostly those in the north eastern part of the US.
