The Good Lord Bird
“All of this is true. Most of it happened.”
Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager 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.
On screen
Top 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
Episodes guide
Seasons
Limited Series
7 episodes · 2020
Preview
Official Trailer
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