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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. 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.
28 de sept. de 2013 · 3.2K. 875K 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...
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.
Descubre la historia de John Henry un personaje de la mitología americana, protagonista de muchos Blues. ¿Existió en realidad?
Explore the history and legacy of John Henry, the legendary steel driver who challenged a steam drill and died of exhaustion in the 1800s. Listen to songs, read lyrics, and learn about the artists who created artworks inspired by his story.
