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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.
7 de mar. de 2024 · John Henry. Statue of John Henry, near Talcott, West Virginia. 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.”.
Learn how John Henry, the legendary steel driver who battled a steam-powered drill and died, was a nineteen-year-old from New Jersey who was convicted of theft and put to work building the C&O Railroad. Historian Scott Nelson reveals the untold story of John Henry's life, work songs, and resistance in this lecture at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.
28 de sept. de 2013 · 4.24K subscribers. 3.2K. 872K views 10 years ago. This ballad tells the story of John Henry, an American folk hero. According to legend, he was the strongest and fastest railroad workers in his...
19 de dic. de 2021 · El caso de John Henry Ramirez, que pide ser ejecutado en compañía de su sacerdote, ha llegado al Supremo de Estados Unidos. En una entrevista con EL PAÍS, cuenta que ya ha superado cualquier ...
13 de ene. de 2021 · John Henry - Spirit of the Working Man - American - Extra Mythology - YouTube. Extra History. 3.35M subscribers. 16K. 325K views 3 years ago. Watch Extra Mythology ad-free on Nebula!...
