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The Good Lord Bird

The Good Lord Bird

All of this is true. Most of it happened.

20206.71 Season7 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

Created by Marshall Persinger
Written by James McBride
Produced by Alejandro Espinoza
NetworksShowtime

Top Cast

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

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookslaverymurderdark comedygangabolitionistearly americapublic execution

About The Good Lord Bird

The Good Lord Bird is a drama, western, war & politics series that first aired in 2020 exploring themes of based on novel or book, slavery, murder, dark comedy, gang, abolitionist. Created by Marshall Persinger, it stars Ethan Hawke, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Hubert Point-Du Jour. 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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