Who Was York?

Thank you for this video. Like most people, I had never heard of York. This video was really interesting, and you're a good story teller. Thanks again.

when i clicked the video i thought this could be about York city at great britain maybe, turned out it is a completely different topic and i'm so glad to hear it. thanks for telling the story of York!

Bless you for speaking about York! As an African American woman interested in history, I've read loads more about Sacagawea than I will probably ever get to about York who was there for the entirety of the expedition, wonderful video!

This is truly fascinating! Thank you for this in-depth account of a forgotten man whose contributions to The Lewis and Clark expedition were immense.

This would make a great movie plot. Particularly with the happy ending of ending up happy as can be with the Native Americans.

Stefan, thank you so much for making this video! I have no skin in the game, no dog in the race, but I am a human being and just like you, I favor honesty over cowardice, and it is important to recognize the evil of power, it will stoop to character Assassination instead of gratitude for a job well done. The fall out I can guess has to do with the huge insult of treating him as an equal during the 8000 mile trip yet too big of a coward to face cultural prejudice and stand up for his friend. Clark caved under pressure and sold York out. I would be pissed too! I love the ending, I was emotionally invested in York being the one seen with the tribe, living his life as he had earned it. Beautifully done, again, thanks mate! Loved every minute of it.

I saw a woman vandalizing York’s statue, so I came to learn about him.

Listening from Australia. Saturday morning cup of tea and biscuits listening to you

Stefan Milo representing! Really informative video

Thank you for teaching me something new! I can definitely see why York would have felt comfortable returning to live with Native Americans, people who actually treated him like a human being. I hope that was where he ended up, respected and loved.

Back in the 70s when I was a young man I became very interested in the early explorers, living in New Bedford Massachusetts I had access to many older books, from Library dating to back in the 1800, I ran across a that mentions that particular exchange of words, but it also mentioned that Clark had promised to free him while they were on the expedition, and after the expedition, Clark mentioned that York was argumentative, I would imagine I would be too if someone promised me my freedom and renege. I know the book was in Stacks in the New Bedford Library I just wish I could remember what it was

Many runaway and freed slaves joined Native American tribes. It makes sense for him to have joined a tribe.

Watching this video reminds me of the story of "Esteban the Moore" an African slave who traveled through what is now the southwest US and mexico with Cabeza de Vaca in the 1520s. That's also a harrowing tale.

Forbidden from reading but trusted with a gun. The pen truly is mightier than the sword.

Fantastic. I've read about the Lewis and Clark expedition and have listened to a few podcasts on Sacagawea thanks to her crucially important role recently being recognised and publicised, but was shocked to have never heard of York. It's so important that his story gets told. Let's hope that his story starts to be revived as Sacagawea's has been.

York is well recognized I think. He is less known that Sacajawea but he's the fourth person anyone could name from that expedition.

This is one of your best videos

Very interesting and informative.Thank you for making this video. I hope he passed as a Crow elder , loved and revered.

The second possibility of what happened to York sounds a lot more pleasant weather or not that man actually was York.

I've been watching so much of your stuff and i gotta say, I think my favorite side to it is that you humanize history. Like, Hano the Carthaginian or Lucy our ancestor, it's just so much more relatable. One heck of an introspection too. Cheers!