Follows the 19th century adventures of George Washington 'Wash' Black, an 11-year-old boy on a Barbados sugar plantation who must flee after a gruesome death threatens to turn his life upside down.

Hulu’s Washington Black brings Esi Edugyan’s acclaimed novel to life in a sweeping, eight-part adventure. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century colonial Barbados, the series follows a young boy named Washington Black (Ernest Kingsley Jr.