The Good Lord Bird (2020) (tv show): Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry. Discover the latest Discussions, Reviews, Quotes, Theories, Explanations and Analysis of The Good Lord Bird (2020) below