![]() ![]() Brown, in turn, bestows upon Little Onion a feather of the Good Lord Bird, a woodpecker “so pretty that when a man sees it, he says, ‘Good Lord.’” Henry, whom Brown mistakes for a young girl, receives the nickname “Little Onion” after devouring Brown’s good-luck charm, and thus becomes the abolitionist’s good-luck charm himself. In The Good Lord Bird Little Onion is Henry Shackleford, stolen and “freed” by Brown after a bar brawl erupts between Brown and Henry’s master. In this fictional account of that key figure in the anti-slavery movement, author James McBride explores the beginning of abolitionism through the eyes of a young slave called Little Onion. ![]() Brown himself is one of the more controversial figures in American history, given his use of violent means to pursue a noble end. ![]() John Brown’s failed raid on Harpers Ferry was one of the defining moments that led to the Civil War. ![]()
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