Adapted from Selwyn Seyfu Hinds accalimed novel. "Washington Black" is a tale of freedom, adventure and the desire to change the world.

You get the sense that “Washington Black” has much more in store than just a globe-trotting odyssey as soon as the historical drama starts. Narration from Sterling K. Brown’s Medwin Harris hints as much when he declares that everyone who steps off the last stop of the Underground Railroad,

Inspired by Esi Edugyan's 2018 novel, the limited series follows a young scientist born into slavery but raised to follow his dreams — dreams that send him sprinting, swimming, and soaring around the globe.