Pierpoint

Richard Pierpoint

  • Transportation to atlantic

    Transportation to atlantic
    60% of West Africa across the atlantic.
  • Birth day

    Birth day
    he was born in Bondu, Senegambia, West Africa.
  • Captured by the Americans

    Captured by the Americans
    He was captured for slavery in (European, West Africa or Atlantic) one this conflicts.
  • The American Revolutionary War

    The American Revolutionary War
    He fought the Americans by waging a fierce and cruel guerrilla-style campaign from the Hudson to the Kentucky Rivers to interrupt the supply routes of the Continental Army.
  • Left the army

    Left the army
    The war ended and h left the army. He disappeared from the pages of history for four years.
  • Earn

    He was granted, as a veteran, a 200-acre parcle of land on Twelve Mile Creek.
  • Sold his property

    He worked for 3 yearsto clear the land and build a dwelling. He sold it because turning forest into a farm was dangerous.
  • Petitions the Governor

    Pawpine & a number of other free Africans petitions the Governor John G. Simcoe.
  • Fight with the Americans

    He had fought the Americans for the king, was no longer considered a "loyalist" because he was African.
  • Attacking Canada

    Attacking Canada
    The Americans got mad at the British and attack Canada because they wanted to get more lands.
  • Won the battle

    The Americans won the last battle, two weeks after the peace terms had been fought on Candian soil.
  • Pawpine's name disbanded

    His name is on the papers that officially disbanded Runchry's "Coloured Corps".
  • Request to go home

    He wanted to go to his native country. He requested a ticket home to Africa.
  • Death

    He died at 1837 at the age of 81.