When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black - an eleven year-old slave - finds himself selected as personal servant to one of these men. The eccentric Christopher 'Titch' Wilde is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor and abolitionist, whose single-minded pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all around him. Washington Black is the extraordinary tale of a world destroyed and made whole again. Inspired by a true story.