S01E01 Meet the Lord
Henry Shackleford, a young slave living in the Kansas territory in 1856, has a run-in with abolitionist John Brown, who mistakes him for a girl and promptly “frees” him. Believing Henry to be his good...
The Good Lord Bird
All of this is true. Most of it happened.
S01E02: A Wicked Plot
Separated from Brown’s army, Onion and fellow slave Bob leave the fight in Kansas only to cross paths with pro-slavery “red shirts” who escort them to the slave-trading town of Pikesville, Missouri. 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.
Overview
Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.
Episodes
S01E02 A Wicked Plot
Separated from Brown’s army, Onion and fellow slave Bob leave the fight in Kansas only to cross paths with pro-slavery “red shirts” who escort them to the slave-trading town of Pikesville, Missouri. Onion is taken under...
S01E03 Mister Fred
Following the battle in Pikesville, John 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...
S01E04 Smells Like Bear
John and Onion continue their fundraising mission, 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....
S01E05 Hiving the Bees
Onion and new recruit John Cook head to Harper’s Ferry to prepare for the arrival of John Brown and his army. However, Onion quickly struggles to perform his mission of recruiting more African-American soldiers from...
S01E06 Jesus is Walkin'
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. John Brown’s army takes...
S01E07 Last Words
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...
Cast
Ethan Hawke
John Brown
Crystal Lee Brown
Sibonia
Joshua Caleb Johnson
Onion
Alexis Louder
Libby
Hubert Point-Du Jour
Bob
Beau Knapp
Owen Brown
Nick Eversman
John Brown Jr.
Ellar Coltrane
Salmon Brown
Jack Alcott
Jason Brown
Mo Brings Plenty
Ottawa Jones
Daveed Diggs
Frederick Douglass
Wyatt Russell
J.E.B. Stuart
