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   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.

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   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 the machine did but died ‘with his hammer in his hand.’

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   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.

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   Who was John Henry?

   • Of uncertain historicity but undeniable cultural importance is the story of John Henry, the steel-driving man. He was an African American railroad worker who became a folk hero among the poor thanks to his earthy nature, physical prowess, and dramatic struggle against the machinery slowly replacing laborers like him.

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   Why did John Henry die with his hammer in his hand?

   • 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.” Writers and artists see in John Henry a symbol of the worker’s foredoomed struggle against the machine and of the Black man’s tragic subjugation to and defiance of white oppression.

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   What does John Henry symbolize?

   • John Henry is a symbol of physical strength and endurance, of exploited labor, of the dignity of a human being against the degradations of the machine age, and of racial pride and solidarity. During World War II his image was used in U.S. government propaganda as a symbol of social tolerance and diversity.

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   Was John Henry a real person?

   • Folklorists have long thought John Henry to be mythical, but historian Scott Nelson has discovered that he was a real person—a nineteen-year-old from New Jersey who was convicted of theft in a Virginia court in 1866, sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, and put to work building the C&O Railroad.

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   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.

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   Dec 9, 2020 · Learn about the origin, history, and significance of the folk song and story of John Henry, a Black railroad worker who died trying to out-drill a machine. Discover how this legend inspired many artists and became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement.

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   Jan 13, 2021 · John Henry - Spirit of the Working Man - American - Extra Mythology - YouTube. Extra History. 3.54M subscribers. Subscribed. 16K. 333K views 3 years ago. Watch Extra Mythology...

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    May 9, 2018 · A towering, legendary American working-class folk heroes, John Henry represents not only the nineteenth-century struggle of the human spirit against the coming industrial era but also African-American resistance to white labor domination.