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Washington Black
Washington Black
Esi Edugyan (born 1978)
English editions
Written in EnglishWashington Black
Serpent's Tail · United Kingdom · 2019 · Paperback · 432 pages
Washington Black
Serpent's Tail · United Kingdom · 2 August 2018 · Hardcover
Washington Black
Alfred A. Knopf · United States · September 2018 · Hardcover · 336 pages
Washington Black
Vintage · United States · 9 April 2019 · Paperback · 400 pages
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Barbados, 1830. George Washington Black, eleven years old and enslaved in the cane fields of a sugar plantation owned by the brutal Erasmus Wilde, is picked to serve Erasmus's brother Christopher, known as Titch, a naturalist, explorer, inventor and abolitionist who is building an airship he calls the Cloud-cutter. Titch teaches the boy to read and encourages his gift for drawing and science, while Erasmus grows ever harsher towards him. When Wash's life is put in danger, the two flee Barbados side by side, setting out on a journey that takes them to Virginia and as far north as the Arctic. Then Titch disappears, and Wash must make his own way, pursuing his scientific work while trying to learn what became of his mentor.
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- Novel
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- Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Barbados, United States, 1830s
- First published
- 2018
- Author's age
- 40 when first published
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9781846689598 (Serpent's Tail, United Kingdom)
9780525521426 (Alfred A. Knopf, United States)
9780525563242 (Vintage, United States)
9781846689604 (Serpent's Tail, United Kingdom)
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