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 & Rockefeller (2009), p. 99
References
- Clauson-Wicker, Su; Rockefeller, Jay (2009). Off the Beaten Path: West Virginia (7th ed.). Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 9780762753345.