6 - Caleb Strong (MA)

#6 - Caleb Strong (MA)
Birthplace: Northampton, Massachusetts
Age at Convention: 42

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

1) Religion
-- As governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, issued a proclamation for a day of public fasting, humiliation, and prayer.

2) Slavery
-- Did not support slavery

3) Upbringing
-- Educated at Harvard
-- studied law and was admitted to bar in 1972

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/strong.html
2) http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1209850
3) http://books.google.com/books?id=glwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA373&lpg=PA373&dq=caleb+strong+abolition&source=web&ots=WXAvKhfcqh&sig=M06mkVnOVUkeOpXj4CA0Pxw3tOM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA373,M1
4) http://books.google.com/books?id=AyauEC_1cucC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=caleb+strong+abolition&source=web&ots=BHBbuk1TSX&sig=CX196hhCwHnh1vcSF9zmhNdWPxg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (33) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (17), Partial Abolitionist (23) or Non-Abolitionist (10)
3) Wealthy (22) or Middle-Class/Poor (28)