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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.
13 de may. 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.”.
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.
3.2K. 877K 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 day during the...
13 de ene. de 2021 · 3.43M subscribers. Subscribed. 16K. 329K views 3 years ago. Watch Extra Mythology ad-free on Nebula! https://go.nebula.tv/extramythology John Henry is a myth that embodies a lot of America....
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.
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.
