Limited Series
Narrated through the perspective of Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager who joins abolitionist John Brown in a sacred crusade to end slavery. Onion encounters Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and he becomes part of the famed 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.
Cast & Crew
Episode Guide
In 1856 Kansas Territory, Henry Shackleford, a young enslaved boy, encounters abolitionist John Brown who mistakes him for a girl and promptly frees him. Believing Henry to be his good luck charm, Brown welcomes him into his ragtag army and christens him 'Onion'. Donning a dress for the first time while dodging bullets, Onion awakens to the life-and-death stakes of the battle over human bondage and bears witness to Brown’s divinely inspired, violent resolve—to free the land of slavery by any means necessary.
Limited Series FAQs
The cast of Limited Series includes Mo Brings Plenty as Ottawa Jones, Jack Alcott as Jason Brown, Ethan Hawke as John Brown, Nick Eversman as John Brown Jr., Beau Knapp as Owen Brown, Joshua Caleb Johnson as Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, Hubert Point-Du Jour as Bob, and Ellar Coltrane as Salmon Brown.
Episodes run about 48 mins. The total runtime is about 5h 35 mins.
Limited Series was released on 04 Oct 2020.
Limited Series has 7 episodes on Fanbiz.