The Good Lord Bird
"All of this is true. Most of it happened."
Told from the perspective of Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager who joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery. Onion encounters Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and he finds himself as a part of the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.
First Aired
October 4, 2020
Last Aired
November 15, 2020
Original Language
en
Popularity
5
Type
Miniseries
Official Website
Production Companies
Blumhouse Television
Under the Influence Productions
Seasons & Episodes
Episodes
Told from the perspective of Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager who joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery. Onion encounters Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and he finds himself as a part of the famous 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.
Cast
Ethan Hawke
John Brown
Joshua Caleb Johnson
Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford
Hubert Point-Du Jour
Bob
Beau Knapp
Owen Brown
Nick Eversman
John Brown Jr.
Ellar Coltrane
Salmon Brown
Jack Alcott
Jason Brown
Mo Brings Plenty
Ottawa Jones
McKinley Belcher III
Broadnax
Quentin Plair
Shields Green / 'Emperor'
Daveed Diggs
Frederick Douglass
Wyatt Russell
James Ewell Brown Stuart
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