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John Henry, conocido popularmente como "John Henry, the steel driving man" ("John Henry, el ferroviario"), es un héroe afroamericano (c. 1840 – c. 1870) [1] [2] que ha sido el tema central de numerosas canciones, historias, películas y novelas en el folclore estadounidense.
John Henry is an American folk hero. An African American freedman, he is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"—a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into a rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel.
John Henry, hero of a widely sung African American folk ballad. It describes his contest with a steam drill, in which John Henry crushed more rock than did the machine but died “with his hammer in his hand.”
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1 de sept. de 2016 · Conoce la leyenda de John Henry, el trabajador del ferrocarril que se enfrentó a una máquina y murió por su corazón. Descubre sus posibles lugares de origen, sus versiones musicales y su significado como símbolo de lucha.
Learn about the life and legacy of John Henry, a former prisoner who worked on the C&O Railroad and inspired a famous song. Historian Scott Nelson reveals how John Henry became a symbol of resistance and protest against machines and oppression.
John Henry was a legendary African American railroad worker who competed with a steam-powered drill and died of exhaustion. Learn about his possible tunnel, his role in civil rights, and his influence on culture and health.
