11 - Edmund J Randolph (VA)

#11 - Edmund J. Randolph (VA)
Birthplace: Williamsburg, VA
Age at Convention: 34

Note: Delegate to the Congress, but did not sign the Constitution.

1) Religion
-- Episcopalian
-- Quoted as saying "I am a friend to a variety of sects, because they keep one another in order" in a detailed comment about Freedom of Religion

2) Slavery
-- Denied that the Constitution posed any threat to slavery
-- Declared ""there was not a member of the Virginia delegation who had the smallest suspicion of the abolition of slavery"

3) Upbringing
-- Studied law under his father's tutelage

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/randolph.html
2) http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2000/winter/garrisons-constitution-1.html
3) http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/Relig-Politics/ERandolph.html

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (28) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (17), Partial Abolitionist (20) or Non-Abolitionist (8)
3) Wealthy (19) or Middle-Class/Poor (26)