Dick Pointer
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Dick Pointer (before 1778 – 1827) 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.Clauson-Wicker & Rockefeller (2009), p. 99
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- {{Cite book | last1=Clauson-Wicker | first1=Su | last2=Rockefeller | first2=Jay | year=2009 | title=Off the Beaten Path: West Virginia | edition=7th | publisher=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
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- {{Find a Grave|12276905|Dick Pointer}}
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Category:African Americans in the American Revolution
Category:18th-century American slaves