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.
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Air Date: 2020-10-04
Henry Shackleford, a young slave living in the Kansas territory in 1856, encounters abolitionist John Brown, who mist...
Air Date: 2020-10-11
Separated from Brown's army, Onion and fellow slave Bob leave the fight in Kansas, only to cross paths with pro-slave...
Air Date: 2020-10-18
Following the battle in Pikesville, Brown, now one of the most wanted men in America, travels north with Onion to rai...
Air Date: 2020-10-25
Brown and Onion continue fundraising, this time heading to Canada on foot. After seeing true freedom for the first ti...
Air Date: 2020-11-01
Onion and new recruit John Cook head to Harper's Ferry to prepare for the arrival of Brown and his army. However, Oni...
Air Date: 2020-11-08
The plan to take control of the nation's largest armory at Harper's Ferry is finally put into action. However, a cruc...
Air Date: 2020-11-15
John Brown and his remaining army take a last stand as more federal troops descend upon Harper’s Ferry. With John Bro...