A Powerful Lesson In America’s Past

From February through May 16th, visitors to the Center for History will take a unique journey. They will visit a recreated slave cabin and Underground Railroad stop, experience the cramped space on a slave ship and feel the weight of a slave collar. The award-winning program NO RIGHTS! The Injustices of Slavery offers an opportunity to gain knowledge and understanding of a part of our history that should never be repeated.

Visitors will come to realize the hardships endured by the enslaved in a provocative program that takes them through five interactive learning stations. Each station addresses a different topic: capture in Africa and passage to America; control through ownership and law; true escape stories; life on the plantation; and abolition and the Underground Railroad. First and third person interpretations take the audience into the moment, giving them the opportunity to feel the dread, despair and desperation experienced by the enslaved at one of the America’s darkest hours.

This engaging program will be experienced by over 3,000 school children. It is this popularity that has compelled the History Center to open its doors for public tours every third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. and the second Saturday and fourth Sunday at 2:00 p.m. from February 11 through May 16. NO RIGHTS! The Injustices of Slavery is a one and a half hour hands-on program designed to inform and entertain young and old alike.

Reservations are recommended. Admission is free for members and $5 for adults and children 5 and older. Group tours require reservations and can be scheduled from February through May 16th. The History Center is located at 606 N Main Street in Wheaton. For reservations call (630) 682-9472 or email info@wheatonhistory.com.

*Public tours typically last between one hour and one and a half hours.