 Noah
is the only son of a freeborn black man and his wife, who died in childbirth.
Noah was raised by his father's housekeeper, Sally, whom the elder Dixon
had bought as a slave and immediately given her freedom. Noah's father
awakened the ire of the white townspeople by continuing the practice of
buying and then freeing slaves. The young Noah idolized his father
and looked up to him as a hero. One night, the whites attacked the
Dixon farmhouse, setting it ablaze. Though the elder Dixon could
have fled through the trapdoor with Noah and Sally, he chose to stay --
and was hanged. Sally continued to raise Noah, who took his father's
lessons to heart. When they parted company, Noah continued his father's
ways and used his money to free slaves, even selling his horse and his
father's silver saddle to do so.
After helping
to fulfil Sally's dying wish by setting some escaped slaves on their path,
Noah joined the Pony Express and found a makeshift family. Though
he, like Buck, struggled against prejudice, he was also able to find love
with Cassie, a laundress in Rock Creek. Rachel's skill at poker even
enable the return of Noah's treasured silver saddle. Noah was killed
trying to protect abolitionist Rosemary Burke at the dawn of the Civil
War.
Photo:
Third Season ABC Promotional Photo showing Don Franklin as "Noah Dixon"
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