The Good Lord Bird
2020 Drama, Western, War & Politics 1 season
TMDB rating 6.7/10 Ended
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.
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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.
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TMDB rating 4.3/10
Cast and details
Ethan HawkeJohn Brown
Joshua Caleb JohnsonHenry 'Little Onion' Shackleford
Hubert Point-Du JourBob
Beau KnappOwen Brown
Nick EversmanJohn Brown Jr.
Ellar ColtraneSalmon Brown
Jack AlcottJason Brown
Mo Brings PlentyOttawa Jones
McKinley Belcher IIIBroadnax
Quentin PlairShields Green / 'Emperor'
Daveed DiggsFrederick Douglass
Wyatt RussellJames Ewell Brown Stuart
- Created by
- Mark Richard, Ethan Hawke
- Network
- Showtime
- First aired
- Oct 4, 2020
- Latest episode
- Nov 15, 2020
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