7 - Richard Dobbs Spaight (NC)

#7 - Richard Dobbs Spaight (NC)
Birthplace: New Bern, NC
Age at Convention: 29

1) Religion
-- "As to the subject of religion, I thought what had been said would fully satisfy that gentleman and every other. No power is given to the general government to interfere with it at all. Any act of Congress on this subject would be a usurpation"

2) Slavery
-- Slave holder

3) Upbringing
-- Born of distinguished English-Irish parentage.

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/spaight.html
2) http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/Relig-Politics/RDSpaight.html

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (32) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (17), Partial Abolitionist (22) or Non-Abolitionist (10)
3) Wealthy (22) or Middle-Class/Poor (27)