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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Fictional characters from Missouri, People whose existence is disputed, American folk songs, Steel (comics), West Virginia folklore
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John Henry  John Henry (folklore  John Henry and the Statesmen  Steel driving man  The Ballad of John Henry
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Hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill WordNet 3.0
English:
song
folklore
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Hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
John Henry is an American folk hero. Wikipedia
The folklore character and subject of eponymous ballad Wikipedia Disambiguation
Folklore character Wikidata
IS A
fictional character
folk hero
CAUSE OF DEATH
fatigue
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
ETHNIC GROUP
African-American
FAMILY NAME
Henry
GIVEN NAME
John
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MANNER OF DEATH
accident
OCCUPATION
manual worker
SEX OR GENDER
male
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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John Henry
Wikipedia
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John Henry (folklore)
Wikidata
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John Henry
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John Henry (folklore, John Henry (song), John Henry and the Statesmen, Steel driving man, The Ballad of John Henry

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