The Podcast
Stories of 1812 is an independently produced podcast series that records the stories & achievements of individuals who participated in the War of 1812.
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Series 1 Episode 8 – Richard Pierpoint & the Coloured Corps Fight for Canada
This week Marinus and Peter Meyler, local historian from Orangeville Ontario, discuss the remarkable life of Richard Pierpoint (1744–1838), a black slave who was abducted from his home in Senegal at the age of 16. He fought with the British in Butler’s Rangers during the American Revolutionary War and then in the War of 1812 in Upper Canada. When Butler’s ...