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The Good Lord Bird

All of this is true. Most of it happened.

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The Good Lord Bird — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • October 4, 2020
  • TMDB score
  • 6.7
1 seasons Drama, Western, War & Politics Creator: James McBride

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The Good Lord Bird — Cast

Ethan Hawke photo Ethan Hawke John Brown Joshua Caleb Johnson photo Joshua Caleb Johnson Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford Hubert Point-Du Jour photo Hubert Point-Du Jour Bob Beau Knapp photo Beau Knapp Owen Brown Nick Eversman photo Nick Eversman John Brown Jr. Ellar Coltrane photo Ellar Coltrane Salmon Brown Jack Alcott photo Jack Alcott Jason Brown Mo Brings Plenty photo Mo Brings Plenty Ottawa Jones

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