The Good Lord Bird

The Good Lord Bird

All of this is true. Most of it happened.

Ended First aired 04/Oct/2020 United States English 1 season(s) 7 episode(s)
DramaWesternWar & Politics
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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Season 1 · Limited Series
7 episode(s) · Air date: 04/Oct/2020
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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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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.

S1E7
Last Words
Air date: 15/Nov/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min
Summary

John Brown and his remaining army take a last stand as more federal troops descend upon Harper’s Ferry. With John Brown captured and held for public execution, Onion, truly on his own, risks his life to say his goodbyes to Brown. Series finale.

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John Brown and his remaining army take a last stand as more federal troops descend upon Harper’s Ferry. With John Brown captured and held for public execution, Onion, truly on his own, risks his life to say his goodbyes to Brown. Series finale.

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S1E6
Jesus Is Walkin'
Air date: 08/Nov/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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The plan to take control of the nation's largest armory at Harper's Ferry is finally put into action. However, a crucial mistake by Onion threatens the success of the entire operation. Brown's army takes hostages, grabbing the attention of an angry mob and local militia. With shots firing, Onion is sent out to get reinforcements.

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The plan to take control of the nation's largest armory at Harper's Ferry is finally put into action. However, a crucial mistake by Onion threatens the success of the entire operation. Brown's army takes hostages, grabbing the attention of an angry mob and local militia. With shots firing, Onion is sent out to get reinforcements.

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S1E5
Hiving the Bees
Air date: 01/Nov/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 51 min
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Onion and new recruit John Cook head to Harper's Ferry to prepare for the arrival of Brown and his army. However, Onion quickly struggles to perform his mission of recruiting more Black soldiers from the area when Cook's reckless behavior threatens their exposure to suspicious neighbors. After weeks of waiting, Brown, his army and his daughter Annie finally arrive — creating a new distraction for Onion: true love.

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Onion and new recruit John Cook head to Harper's Ferry to prepare for the arrival of Brown and his army. However, Onion quickly struggles to perform his mission of recruiting more Black soldiers from the area when Cook's reckless behavior threatens their exposure to suspicious neighbors. After weeks of waiting, Brown, his army and his daughter Annie finally arrive — creating a new distraction for Onion: true love.

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S1E4
Smells Like Bear
Air date: 25/Oct/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Brown and Onion continue fundraising, this time heading to Canada on foot. After seeing true freedom for the first time and frustrated with Brown's increasingly irrational behavior, Onion demands freedom from Brown's army. But, when the legendary Harriet Tubman endorses Brown in a room full of new recruits, Onion realizes that he may be more invested in the cause and the 'old man' than he thought.

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Brown and Onion continue fundraising, this time heading to Canada on foot. After seeing true freedom for the first time and frustrated with Brown's increasingly irrational behavior, Onion demands freedom from Brown's army. But, when the legendary Harriet Tubman endorses Brown in a room full of new recruits, Onion realizes that he may be more invested in the cause and the 'old man' than he thought.

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S1E3
Mister Fred
Air date: 18/Oct/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 46 min
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Following the battle in Pikesville, Brown, now one of the most wanted men in America, travels north with Onion to raise funds for the abolitionist cause. They take refuge at the home of famed orator and 'King of the Negroes' Frederick Douglass and his two wives. When Brown and Douglass clash over methodology, Onion discovers just how complex the fight for justice and human equality really is.

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Following the battle in Pikesville, Brown, now one of the most wanted men in America, travels north with Onion to raise funds for the abolitionist cause. They take refuge at the home of famed orator and 'King of the Negroes' Frederick Douglass and his two wives. When Brown and Douglass clash over methodology, Onion discovers just how complex the fight for justice and human equality really is.

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S1E2
A Wicked Plot
Air date: 11/Oct/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 46 min
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Separated from Brown's army, Onion and fellow slave Bob leave the fight in Kansas, only to cross paths with pro-slavery 'redshirts' who escort them to the slave-trading town of Pikesville, MI. Onion is taken under the wing of Pie, a mixed-race prostitute working out of the local hotel, who instructs him in the ways of the world despite her discovering his dangerous secret. Onion soon finds himself enmeshed in a mounting slave insurrection where he learns the consequences of his own actions.

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Separated from Brown's army, Onion and fellow slave Bob leave the fight in Kansas, only to cross paths with pro-slavery 'redshirts' who escort them to the slave-trading town of Pikesville, MI. Onion is taken under the wing of Pie, a mixed-race prostitute working out of the local hotel, who instructs him in the ways of the world despite her discovering his dangerous secret. Onion soon finds himself enmeshed in a mounting slave insurrection where he learns the consequences of his own actions.

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S1E1
Meet the Lord
Air date: 04/Oct/2020 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 57 min
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Henry Shackleford, a young slave living in the Kansas territory in 1856, encounters abolitionist John Brown, who mistakes him for a girl and promptly 'frees' him. Believing Henry to be his good luck charm, Brown welcomes him into his ragtag army and nicknames him 'Onion'. Donning a dress for the first time while dodging bullets, Onion quickly awakens to the life or death stakes in the battle over human bondage and witnesses Brown's divinely inspired violent agenda: to free the land of slavery by any means necessary.

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Henry Shackleford, a young slave living in the Kansas territory in 1856, encounters abolitionist John Brown, who mistakes him for a girl and promptly 'frees' him. Believing Henry to be his good luck charm, Brown welcomes him into his ragtag army and nicknames him 'Onion'. Donning a dress for the first time while dodging bullets, Onion quickly awakens to the life or death stakes in the battle over human bondage and witnesses Brown's divinely inspired violent agenda: to free the land of slavery by any means necessary.

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Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke
John Brown
Joshua Caleb Johnson
Joshua Caleb Johnson
Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford
Hubert Point-Du Jour
Hubert Point-Du Jour
Bob
Beau Knapp
Beau Knapp
Owen Brown
Nick Eversman
Nick Eversman
John Brown Jr.
Ellar Coltrane
Ellar Coltrane
Salmon Brown
Jack Alcott
Jack Alcott
Jason Brown
Mo Brings Plenty
Mo Brings Plenty
Ottawa Jones
McKinley Belcher III
McKinley Belcher III
Broadnax
Quentin Plair
Quentin Plair
Shields Green / 'Emperor'
Daveed Diggs
Daveed Diggs
Frederick Douglass
Wyatt Russell
Wyatt Russell
James Ewell Brown Stuart
Rafael Casal
Rafael Casal
John Cook
Miles Mussenden
Miles Mussenden
Dangerfield Newby
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Joel Ashur
Attucks Copeland
Ali Amin Carter
Ali Amin Carter
Lewis Leary
Victor Williams
Victor Williams
Coachman Jim
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George Boaitey
O.P. Anderson

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John Blackie
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Marthe Pineau
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Peter Deming
Peter Deming
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Amelia 'Amy' Andrews
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Gayette Williams
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Albert Hughes
Albert Hughes
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Darnell Martin
Darnell Martin
Director
Haifaa al-Mansour
Haifaa al-Mansour
Director
Kate Woods
Kate Woods
Director
Kevin Hooks
Kevin Hooks
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Matthew Woolley
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