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York was William Clark's servant since birth. Born in slavery around 1772, the property of John Clark, William's father, he was a two or three years younger than William. The two grew up together.
York became Williams property following the death of his father in 1799. William was twenty nine at the time.
York went with William Clark on the expedition of the exploration of the Louisiana Territory from 1803 starting in Illinois at Camp Woods (Debois) in 1804, until their return in September of 1806. York was married at the time.
After their return York complained that it was unfair that he had suffered the same hardships on the voyage as the others, but he was not paid with money an land like the others in the expedition.
Clark writes his brother that York has become "uppity and surly" and he had to give him a "trouncing" for being disrespectful. Clark threatened to hire him out to a cruel master, which he did in 1809. But he was closer to his wife in Louisville.
Some time after 1811, Clark has a change of heart and granted York his freedom. York's wife had been sent by her master to Natchez, Tennessee. Some say he never saw her again.
Clark set York up in the freight business in Natches. Where he died of cholera between 1816 and 1832.
Some say he went back to Montana and lived with the Crow, but that has been proved to be wrong and that was another black man named Rose.

2007-10-02 09:27:55 · answer #1 · answered by Al L 4 · 0 1

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2007-10-06 08:39:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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