![]() ![]() Through most of the novel, most characters assumed that Henry was female, and for his own safety and that of others he continued the charade. He was immediately assumed to be female by John Brown and given girls' clothing to wear. ![]() Henry was unwillingly freed from enslavement by John Brown after his father is accidentally killed. The novel is fiction, but approaches verisimilitude by framing it as a true and transcribed account by the last living survivor of the raid on Harpers Ferry. It is 417 pages long, and follows the experiences of a young African-American boy named Henry Shackleford as he travels with abolitionist John Brown from his enslavement in Kansas to the raid on Harpers Ferry. It is his third historical novel, and it was honored with the National Book Award. The Good Lord Bird is a historical novel published by journalist, noted memoirist, and author James McBride in 2013. ![]()
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