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To stand and fight together : Richard Pierpoint and the Coloured Corps of Upper Canada

Pitt, Steve 1954- (Author).

Discusses the life of Richard Pierpoint, a Black United Empire Loyalist who helped develop a Corps of Coloured Men who fought during the War of 1812, the Rebellion of 1837, and were used as a police force during the construction of the Welland Canal.

Book  - 2008
LHC 971.3 Pierp -P
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Subject
Pierpoint, Richard, 1744?-1837.
Great Britain. Army. Runchey's Coloured Corps > History.
Black loyalists > Ontario > Biography.
Soldiers > Canada > Biography.
Canada > History > 1791-1841.
Canada > History > War of 1812 > Regimental histories.
Genre
Biographies.
  • ISBN: 155002731X
  • ISBN: 9781550027310
  • Physical Description print
    144 pages : illustrations
  • Publisher Toronto : Dundurn Group, [2008]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Sandcastle book".
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-143) and Internet addresses (pages 143-144).
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 19.99