York was a slave owned by Captain William Clark, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. York was taken on the Expedition and participated fully. York's date of brith is not known, but he was about the same age as Captain Clark, who was born in 1770.
He was born circa 1770 and he was born into slavery as both his mother Rose and his father York were already slaves of the Clark family. But Clark did not like to refer to him as a "slave", so in the journals he called him "my servant".
Catherine Ferguson was born in Virginia and was then transferred as a slave to New York city.
Sojourner Truth was born into slavery around 1797 in Swartekill, New York.
York was Clark's slave, willed to him by his father. He was born circa 1770 and he was born into slavery as both his mother Rose and his father York were already slaves of the Clark family. But Clark did not like to refer to him as a "slave", so in the journals he called him "my servant". The two men had grown up together, and Clark trusted him completely. York was tall, strong, a valuable member of the expedition, and devoted to Clark, who freed him when they returned to St. Louis. Subsequently Clark set him up in the draying business.
No, he was not born as a slave
He was a slave
His name is York, Clarks Slave
Slave George was born in 1794.
York was never granted free. Death not known
I think so i really dont know New York, New York did not have slavery at the time of her birth, therefore she was not a slave.
His name was york because he was named after a tribe that he was on when he was a little boy until the whole tribe was captured and forced to work as a slave.
No. New York abolished slavery in 1827