![]() ![]() Rounding out the cast are Wyatt Russell as First Lieutenant J. He’s the Yin to Brown’s Yang, displaying peevish distemper at Brown’s unruly ways to comedic effect. ![]() ![]() In addition to Hawke as the rambunctious Brown, Hamilton’s Daveed Davis plays fellow abolitionist Frederick Douglass. However, the events of the show are channelled through the fictional character of Henry Shackleford - or ‘Onion’ as he’s later dubbed - a young slave in Kansas territory in 1856 when Brown passes through, granting the boy his freedom and receiving him into his ramshackle band of abolitionists. “Most of this happened” we’re told at the outset. Set during the time of Bleeding Kansas – seven years of violent civil confrontations about the legality of slavery – what we’re shown is largely historical fact. If you’re without cable, then OTT service Sling TV will let you add Showtime to your core package, or enjoy it for free as part of a current promotional offer. Each episode is an hour long and the final episode airs on November 22. Cable viewers can switch over to Showtime every Sunday from October 4 at 9pm ET/PT (or 8pm CT) to catch this eight-part series. ![]()
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