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.

Top Cast

Rudy Webb

Richard Pierpoint, age 68

Oke Nnawuchi

Younger Richard Pierpoint

Ray Kahnert

Officer Howard

Jordan Van Dyck

Officer Charles

Roney Lewis

Deaf Moses

Charles Officer

Narrator

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