Date of Award
2025
Document Type
Thesis (Master's)
Department or Program
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
First Advisor
Alan Lelchuk
Second Advisor
Anna Minardi
Third Advisor
L.H. Roper
Abstract
In HUNTING YORK, I used my research on the Amerindian slave-trade between 1715- 1740, and the French Indian Wars from 1740-1765, to paint a canvas of life on the Atlantic coast of North America. Following the escape of a male african captive from a fictional Muscogee village in the everglades, an Apalachee is hired to track him down as they travel north along the coast to an unknown destination. The entire story was not able to be finished in this thesis, however, I was able to highlight the most relevant parts of my research in the story that follows. Is the indication of a man’s respectability the value he brings to the community, or is it the danger he poses to the community; and does a man’s worth really matter in the end? As our protagonist, Hangs Around Fort, pursues York, he is confronted with the consequences of his evils committed long before our story begins. He justifies his actions as necessary for the survival of his clan in the face of colonialism, but begins to doubt as the world around him changes more and more, and as the hope of saving his people’s way of life begins to seem more and more impossible.
Recommended Citation
Thomas, Greyson and Thomas, Greyson, "Hunting York" (2025). Dartmouth College Master’s Theses. 237.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/masters_theses/237
