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- Died
- 1827
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4 identifiers linking Dick Pointer across the web's reference databases
13 statements · 15% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
4 identifiers linking Dick Pointer across the web's reference databases
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Dick Pointer was an American frontier hero and an enslaved African. 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 freedom in consideration for his act of bravery; he was emancipated in 1801. He died in 1827.