13 - Charles Pinckney (SC)

#13 - Charles Pinckney (SC)
Birthplace: Charleston, SC
Age at Convention: 29

1) Religion
-- Submitted to the convention a draft constitution which included a religion clause: "The Legislature of the United States shall pass no law on the subject of religion"
-- Also sought to ascribe Congress power "to establish an University, in which no preferences or distinctions should be allowed on account of religion".

2) Slavery
-- Held slaves
-- Advocated universal white manhood suffrage
-- Vigorous defender of slavery

3) Upbringing
-- Father was a rich lawyer and planter

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/pinckney_c.html
2) http://books.google.com/books?id=oyFpDS8p33sC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=charles+pinckney+prayer&source=web&ots=MRzYmCh_dA&sig=JrRH4OOs0BDYQ9tWnNtf6CcjAWg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result
3) http://books.google.com/books?id=GmXC3SikME4C&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=charles+pinckney+prayer&source=web&ots=-fr1Dk71w9&sig=tu1AbamllIJ7ryTP9s2sY_Fkts8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
4) http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/clemens/constitutional1/pinckney.html

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (26) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (17), Partial Abolitionist (19) or Non-Abolitionist (7)
3) Wealthy (18) or Middle-Class/Poor (