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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.
La historia detrás del nombre. John Henry era un trabajador afroamericano que trabajaba en la construcción del ferrocarril transcontinental en la década de 1870. Según la leyenda, John Henry era un hombre fuerte y trabajador que se enfrentó a una máquina de vapor en una competencia para ver quién podía excavar un túnel más rápido.
1 de sept. de 2016 · Cuenta la historia que John Henry era un trabajador del ferrocarril a finales del siglo XIX que destacaba por su gran fuerza y habilidad. Con su martillo abría agujeros en la roca para hacer voladuras y túneles pero entonces la empresa trajo un martillo mecánico de vapor que amenazaba su puesto de trabajo y el de muchos otros como ...
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.
- Introduction
- The Steel-Driver’S Story
- The Tunnel
- Legacy
- Role in American Civil Rights Movement
- John Henryism
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.
The role of a steel-driving man is to hammer a steel drill into solid rock so that explosives can be inserted into the holes for the clearing out and construction of railroad tunnels. John Henry’s story is traditionally dated to sometime in the later half of the 19th century, at a time when manual steel-drivers were being replaced by faster, more e...
It is unclear exactly where or when John Henry won that tunnel race, if it did occur. Theories offered by various researchers over the years have suggested Big Bend Tunnel, West Virginia in 1870-72, Lewis Tunnel, Virginia in 1873, and Coosa Mountain Tunnel, Alabama in 1877. Many of these theories place John Henry as a former slave, or the son of a ...
Whether John Henry’s story is based in fact or fiction isn’t very important when we look at the symbol which he has become. Because of the profession he worked in until his dying breath, he has been used as a rallying point for labor movements, and in particular the countless other faceless railroad workers who died from accidents and illness over ...
Because of his race and the trials he nobly endured, his image was right at home with the American Civil Rights Movement. His story represents the worst aspects of exploitation and the degradation of human beings brought on by the age of machinery, yet he also embodies the greatest qualities of the human beings who fight and succeed through great a...
One legacy of John Henry that is especially apropos of his use as a symbol for black perseverance in the face of discrimination is the use of his name to describe a stress coping strategy. John Henryism (or simply JH) is the act of responding to prolonged stresses’ at work, in daily life, or from social discrimination’ by expending higher and highe...
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La historia de John Henry se ha utilizado como símbolo en muchos movimientos culturales, incluidos los movimientos laborales y el Movimiento por los Derechos Civiles. John Henry es un símbolo de fuerza física y resistencia, de mano de obra explotada, de la dignidad de un ser humano contra las degradaciónes de la era de la máquina, y del ...
John Henry Ramírez fue ejecutado por el estado de Texas como había querido y logrado tras una histórica batalla legal: con su pastor de la mano. Ramírez había llevado su caso hasta la Corte...
