Saturday, January 3, 2009

14 - William L Pierce (GA)

#14 - William L Pierce (GA)
Birthplace: Virginia
Age at Convention: 47

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

1) Religion
-- Unable to find much documentation

2) Slavery
-- Spoke highly of a compatriot "Pierce Butler" who was a spokesman for slave-owning interests
-- Unable to find much documentation - assuming he was a non-abolitionist from the south

3) Upbringing
-- Very little is known, therefore assuming family was not affluent

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/pierce.html
2) http://books.google.com/books?id=8zcjYPZxPV0C&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=%22william+pierce%22+slave&source=web&ots=7-9A77wjp2&sig=zhsyTkKX8RCSTwbjFaNjqz8dXiA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (26) or Primarily Secular (16)
2) Abolitionist (17), Partial Abolitionist (19) or Non-Abolitionist (6)
3) Wealthy (17) or Middle-Class/Poor (25)

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