Heritage Minutes: Richard Pierpoint

At 68, a formerly enslaved Black Loyalist enlists men for the Coloured Corps, an instrumental company in the War of 1812.

Richard Pierpoint was an early leader in Canada’s Black community. Taken from West Africa as a teenager and sold into slavery, Pierpoint regained his freedom during the American Revolution. He settled in Niagara, Upper Canada, and attempted to live communally with other Black Canadians. In the War of 1812, he petitioned for an all-Black unit to fight for the British and fought with the Coloured Corps.

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Officer Howard – Ray Kahnert
Deaf Moses – Roney Lewis
Younger Richard Pierpoint – Oke Nnawuchi
Officer Charles – Jordan Van Dyck
Older Richard Pierpoint – Rudy Webb