Eddie Karanja is a young British actor who began with stage roles and made his onscreen debut in the 2020 Christmas movie Jack And The Beanstalk: After Ever After. Before Washington Black, he was best known for playing Jed Walker in the first season of Netflix's The Sandman.

Based on the novel by Esi Edugyan and starring Sterling K. Brown, a young boy finds freedom from a sugar plantation in Barbados.

Co-showrunners Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and Kimberly Ann Harrison share their intent with the Sterling K. Brown-starring Hulu series about a formerly enslaved Caribbean boy, and what they hope viewers are left thinking about in the end.