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Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
George Washington Black aka "Wash" begins his life on a plantation as a slave in Barbados. There he witnesses some awful brutality, but the tides begin to change for him when he is selected to serve as the manservant for the plantation owner's visiting scientific-minded brother Titch.
He has employed Wash to help him keep his quarters tidy, but also to assist him with his scientific pursuits, but in order to do that he needs to be able to write and take measurements. With this Wash discovers his love and aptitude for drawing.
Events unfold of a horrifying nature and Titch decides to take caution to the wind and attempt to fly his hot air balloon to escape the situation. Here a rather wild and slightly fantastical course of events unfolds that takes Wash to far flung locations and certainly far beyond his beginnings.
So there is adventure, scientific pursuit, hardship, freedom, sadness, love and creativity. Certainly, his path took him far beyond the confines of a plantation in Barbados and gives the reader a lot to think about in terms of family, parental roles and more.
He has employed Wash to help him keep his quarters tidy, but also to assist him with his scientific pursuits, but in order to do that he needs to be able to write and take measurements. With this Wash discovers his love and aptitude for drawing.
Events unfold of a horrifying nature and Titch decides to take caution to the wind and attempt to fly his hot air balloon to escape the situation. Here a rather wild and slightly fantastical course of events unfolds that takes Wash to far flung locations and certainly far beyond his beginnings.
So there is adventure, scientific pursuit, hardship, freedom, sadness, love and creativity. Certainly, his path took him far beyond the confines of a plantation in Barbados and gives the reader a lot to think about in terms of family, parental roles and more.