- Ability over Appearance: John Brown was said to be a towering behemoth of a man standing at over six feet tall, while Ethan Hawke stands at just 5'10, but gives such a chilling performance it's effectively unnoticeable.
- Distanced from Current Events: The premiere of the show was delayed twice. No explanation was explicitly provided for this but it is likely this was due large-scale nationwide Black Lives Matter protests occurring around that time.
- Real-Life Relative: Father and daughter John and Annie Brown are played by father and daughter Ethan and Maya Hawke.
- Those Two Actors:
- Ethan Hawke and Ellar Coltrane previously also played a father and son, in Boyhood.
- Ethan Hawke and Steve Zahn co-starred in Reality Bites.
- Daveed Diggs (Frederick Douglass) and Rafael Casal (John Cook) are real-life friends and frequent collaborators.
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