Leave the comfort of the world you know...
Become a fugitive slave on the Underground Railroad. Will you find safety and freedom? Will you be captured by the slave hunters? Every moment is filled with uncertainty.

After several years of research, Conner Prairie has developed one of the most dramatic, interactive programs available at any museum. Your experience will stay with you for days, weeks, possibly years.

Play the role of runaway and encounter a slave sale and a wide range of people, including a belligerent transplanted Southerner, a reluctantly helpful farm wife, a slave hunter motivated by financial rewards, a Quaker family and a free black family. This glimpse into our shared past will jolt and affect you in ways that reading a book or watching a movie about this painful part of America's history cannot.

Perfect for groups and schools!
See members of your group from an unfamiliar viewpoint and learn to depend on each other! Follow the North Star is also a very effective tool for civic, church or corporate groups seeking unique and powerful diversity training experiences. Teachers, see our field trips and distance learning sections for ways of including your students in this award-winning program.

Follow the North Star is not for everyone...
This program takes place outside in all kinds of weather, and participants walk approximately one mile on rough terrain. Keep in mind that the emotional impact is strong. Participants are treated as slaves and are told to keep their eyes down and not to speak unless spoken to. Because of the nature of the experience, participants must be 12 years or older.

Reservations recommended.

$19 (Members $16)

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