51 - William Blount (NC)

#51 - William Blount (NC)
Birthplace: Windsor, North Carolina
Age at Convention: 38

1) Religion
-- Unable to find any notable participation or influence.

2) Slavery
-- Inferred that he owned slaves
-- Governed the Southwest Territory, where unlike the Northwest Territory, slavery was still legal

3) Upbringing
-- Born into a family of distinguished merchants and planters

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/blount.html
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blount
3) http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/exhibits/slavery/trustees.html
4) http://books.google.com/books?id=58kgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=%22william+blount%22+slavery&source=web&ots=Et46AdghQR&sig=_cL0TNJbGqkg1Vb7Kf4mHdxz9Bg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (2) or Primarily Secular (3)
2) Abolitionist (3), Partial Abolitionist (1) or Non-Abolitionist (1)
3) Wealthy (3) or Middle-Class/Poor (2)