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To Stand and Fight Together: Richard Pierpoint and the Coloured Corps of Upper Canada (Signed) plague in London Over four hundred lives andIn 1812, a 67 year old black United Empire Loyalist named Richard Pierpoint helped raise "a corps of Coloured Men to stand and fight together" against the Americans who were threatening to invade the tiny British colony of Upper Canada. Pierpoints unique fighting unit would not only see service throughout the War of 1812, it would also be the first colonial military unit reactiviated to quash the Rebellion of 1837. It would go on to serve as a police