WASHINGTON BLACK, BY ESI EDUGYAN

BOOK DISCUSSION 

 

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2026, AT 2:00 PM

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Washington Black is an eleven-year-old field slave who knows no other life than the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born.

When his master's eccentric brother chooses him to be his manservant, Wash is terrified of the cruelties he is certain await him. [But to his surprise,] Christopher Wilde, or "Titch," is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor, and abolitionist. (goodreads)
"A gripping historical narrative exploring both the bounds of slavery and what it means to be truly free." (Vanity Fair)