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En casi todas las versiones de la historia, John Henry es un hombre afroamericano que sirve como héroe para toda la clase trabajadora estadounidense, representando su marginación al comienzo de los cambios producidos por el nacimiento de la Edad Contemporánea.
- Muerte accidental
- c. 1842
- c. 1870
- Estadounidense
Descubre la historia de John Henry un personaje de la mitología americana, protagonista de muchos Blues. ¿Existió en realidad?
John Henry, conocido popularmente como "John Henry, the steel driving man" ( "John Henry, el ferroviario" ), es un héroe afroamericano (c. 1840 – c. 1870) que ha sido el tema central de numerosas canciones, historias, películas y novelas en el folclore estadounidense.
Pues bien, de estos recelos nació uno de los mitos más importantes de los Estados Unidos: la historia de John Henry y su lucha contra las máquinas. Cuenta la tradición que John nació como esclavo en Missouri en 1840 y ya desde su más tierna infancia quiso trabajar en el acero, sobre todo construyendo ferrocarriles por toda América.
- 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 fue destacada en un episodio de 2008 del drama del crimen de CBS, Caso frío. En la temporada 2 del Smart Guy episodio "TJ contra la máquina", Floyd y TJ mencionaron a John Henry y su victoria sobre el simulacro de vapor.
3 de dic. de 2009 · La leyenda dice que este negro fortachón nació como esclavo en Missouri allá por 1840, y que tras la guerra civil, ya como hombre libre, trabajó en la línea ferroviaria que unía Chesapeake y Ohio. Nadie podía comparársele en destreza, fuerza y velocidad a la hora de tender raíles.
