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John Henry (folklore)
Folklore character
"The Ballad of John Henry" redirects here. For the album by Joe Bonamassa, see The Ballad of John Henry (album).
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| Known&#;for | American folk hero |
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.
The story of John Henry is told in a classic blues folk song about his duel against a drilling machine, which exists in many versions, and has been the subject of numerous stories, plays, books, and novels.[1][2]
Legend
[edit]According to legend, John Henry's prowess as a steel driver was measured in a race against a steam-powered rock drill, a race that he won only to die in victory with a hammer in hand as his heart gave out from stress. Various locations, including Big Bend Tunnel in West Virginia,[3] Lewis Tunnel in Virginia, and Coosa Mountain Tunnel in Alabama, have been suggested as the site of the contest.
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John Henry, an American Legend
picture book by Ezra Jack Keats
John Henry, an American Legend is a children'spicture book by American author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats In this book, it shows that John Henry, a hard working miner tries to beat the steam drill. He used a pound hammer against a steam drill. Whoever won would get dollars and new clothes. In the end John Henry won the competition, but he also broke inside. He puts his hammer on top of his chest and dies in honor. "A man ain't nothin' but a man".
Disney retelling
[edit]Disney retold the story in Disney's American Legends. In the story, John Henry was born into slavery but when he and his wife were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, his wife had their chains forged into a pound hammer. John used the hammer to join with railroad workers who were told if they finished building the railroad line they would be rewarded with land of their own. The workers are replaced by a steam drill, which causes their contracts for land to be voided. John challenges the drill to a contest of speed to lay the rest of the tracks, and if he wins, the workers will still get the land. He inevitably wins but the effort kills him, and he dies with his hammer in his hand, like he told his wife he would. The story was