The Good Lord Bird
by James McBrideliterary work· published 2013
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Fleeing his violent master at the side of abolitionist John Brown at the height of the slavery debate in mid-nineteenth-century Kansas Territory, Henry pretends to be a girl to hide his identity throughout the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.
Adaptations (1)
The Good Lord Bird was adapted into a 2020 television series.
The Good Lord Bird2020 · television series · 335 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.6Henry '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.
