Dick Pointer
Deceased Person
– 1827
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Who was Dick Pointer?
Dick Pointer 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.
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- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- 1827
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on July 23, 2013
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