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Author Meyler, Peter

Title A stolen life : searching for Richard Pierpoint / Peter Meyler, David Meyler
Published Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (141 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Wellspring; 2 The Time of Terror; 3 A Piece of Property; 4 The Rhythm of War; 5 A Man of Colour; 6 Partners in Obscurity; 7 Home on the Grand; 8 The Journey Home; Notes; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Authors
Summary Captured in Bundu (now part of Senegal) around 1744, Pierpoint escapes slavery, finds freedom in Canada, and is involved in the War of 1812
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-128) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Pierpoint, Richard, 1744?-1837.
SUBJECT Pierpoint, Richard, 1744?-1837. fast (OCoLC)fst00452708
Subject Africans -- Ontario -- Biography
Black people -- Ontario -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- General.
Africans.
Black people.
SUBJECT Canada -- History -- 1763-1791. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019315
Canada -- History -- 1791-1841. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019318
Subject Canada.
Ontario.
Genre/Form Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Meyler, David.
ISBN 9781554880584
1554880580