Assertion: american flag's star | /r/CapableOf | represent the north star
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text: The white star is said to represent the North Star, which "was used as a guide for the long journey towards freedom"; this probably refers to the fact that runaway slaves went north to get hoped for freedom, as well as to the later migrations to the northern parts of the United States after the abolition of slavery, where the discrimination was much less pronounced.