Craig Fehrman
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first heard Jun 2026
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York's wife ended up having to move further down south, so he was not able to reunite with her in the way that he wanted.
And York ended up dying probably sometime in his 50s, probably of cholera.
We don't know for sure, but it seems pretty clear.
By a different owner.
Different families, right.
Because the Clarks had 10 or 12 slaves.
So often in plantations of that size, you would marry somebody from a different plantation.
I mean, once he was freed, he ended up having a wagon business.
So maybe he rode the wagon down further south, but that would be pretty precarious in 1820 to, you know, as a freed black person, take your wagon further south.
That's not what most people would do.
So we don't know for sure because York couldn't read or write, but I
He definitely saw less of his wife than he wanted to.
We know that.
Right.
That would be like waiting for Godot, but plus slavery.
That'd be wild.
But I mean, like, like how, like how does that conversation play out?
Yeah.
But I mean, York was reacting to different circumstances.
Like on the expedition, he carried a rifle.
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