Using real text from fugitive slave memoirs from the 1830s, "The North Star", is a haunting, poetic recreation of a slave escaping from the south to New England.Using real text from fugitive slave memoirs from the 1830s, "The North Star", is a haunting, poetic recreation of a slave escaping from the south to New England.Using real text from fugitive slave memoirs from the 1830s, "The North Star", is a haunting, poetic recreation of a slave escaping from the south to New England.