Tuesday, January 6, 2009

12 - Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (SC)

#12 - Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (SC)
Birthplace: Charleston, SC
Age at Convention: 41

1) Religion
-- Attended Christ Church College, Oxford and pursued legal training at London's Middle Temple
-- First president of the Charleston Bible Society

2) Slavery
-- Exerted influence in the abolotion of the international slave trade

3) Upbringing
-- Eldest son of a politically prominent planter and a remarkable mother who introduced and promoted indigo culture in South Carolina
-- At age 7, traveled to England with his father and received a European education

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/pinckney_cc.html

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (27) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (17), Partial Abolitionist (20) or Non-Abolitionist (7)
3) Wealthy (19) or Middle-Class/Poor (25)

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