A slave must fight for freedom
Eighteenth-century Bristol - a wealthy, brawling, water-front city where the slave trade continues to flourish in defiance of the law.
To its narrow and twisting alleyways comes Midnight, plucked from the shores of Africa, bearing a sense of his own humanity which triumphs over the evil scheming of his slave masters. Befriended by Jess, a pauper girl who has herself been bought and sold, Midnight fights his battle for freedom.