Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Caroline Barr, to whom Go Down, Moses is dedicated, was the African American nanny who raised William Faulkner. She was born into slavery and told him many stories about her experiences. Check it out.
"Was" was first called "Almost." Almost what, we wonder. (Source.)
Many years after Go Down, Moses, Faulkner wrote a Hollywood blockbuster about the Great Pyramid in Giza called "Land of the Pharaohs." Maybe Faulkner was thinking about "Go Down, Moses" when he came up with that title. (Source.)