John Henry
Feb 3, 2025 ·
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John Henry is an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_hero. An African American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedman, he is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"—a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into a rock...
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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.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.
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