Dick Pointer
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Dick Pointer (before 1778—1827) was an American frontier hero and an African slave. He is best known for his bravery in the defence of Fort Donnally, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, from a Shawnee attack in 1778. During the attack he used a rifle to secure the front door against attackers. Some years later, Pointer spoke before the Virginia General Assembly, requesting his own freedom in consideration for his act of bravery; he was emancipated in 1801. He died in 1827.[1]
See also
Notes
- Clauson-Wicker, Su; Rockefeller, Jay (2009). Off the Beaten Path: West Virginia (7th ed.). Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 9780762753345.
- https://wvexplorer.com/2019/09/22/dick-pointer-grave-lewisburg-west-virginia-wv-slave/
- https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1891
- https://www.wvpublic.org/post/may-29-1778-dick-pointer-black-slave-helps-save-some-60-settlers-greenbrier-valley-0#stream/0
References
- ^ Clauson-Wicker & Rockefeller (2009), p. 99