The Good Lord Bird

All of this is true. Most of it happened.

6.720201 Season

TV-MA

Ended

Drama

Western

War & Politics

Overview

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.

StatusEnded

First Air Date2020-10-04

Last Air Date2020-11-15

Seasons1

Episodes7

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

based on novel or book

Videos

4 total

Trailer

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Seasons

Limited Series

7 Episodes · 2020

Cast & Crew

Ethan Hawke

as John Brown

Joshua Caleb Johnson

as Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford

Hubert Point-Du Jour

as Bob

Beau Knapp

as Owen Brown

Nick Eversman

as John Brown Jr.

Ellar Coltrane

as Salmon Brown

Jack Alcott

as Jason Brown

Mo Brings Plenty

as Ottawa Jones

Reviews

misubisu

Jul 24, 2026

10/10

**Score: 10/10 — A Monumental, Unforgettable Masterpiece of American Storytelling** *The Good Lord Bird* is a genuine masterpiece. A towering achievement in television that deserves to stand alongside the greatest works of the medium. A "dangerous and honest show" that refuses to play it safe, it is an audacious, irreverent, and deeply human ret…

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Wong Wien Hua Jai

1985 · Drama