| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_figure 
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                                | gptkbp:associatedWith | gptkb:European_folklore railroad construction
 
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                                | gptkbp:category | gptkb:American_folklore_characters gptkb:African-American
 Legendary laborers
 
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                                | gptkbp:commemoratedBy | historical markers statues
 
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                                | gptkbp:diedIn | exhaustion 
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                                | gptkbp:famousFor | dying with a hammer in his hand racing a steam-powered hammer
 
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                                | gptkbp:featuredIn | gptkb:The_Ballad_of_John_Henry gptkb:Disney's_American_Legends
 Bruce Springsteen's music
 Paul Robeson's performances
 Woody Guthrie's songs
 children's literature by Ezra Jack Keats
 
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                                | gptkbp:gender | gptkb:male 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:activist American music
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | steel-driver 
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                                | gptkbp:originatedIn | gptkb:Big_Bend_Tunnel,_West_Virginia gptkb:Lewis_Tunnel,_Virginia
 Coosa Mountain Tunnel, Alabama
 
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                                | gptkbp:period | gptkb:19th_century 
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                                | gptkbp:race | gptkb:African-American 
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                                | gptkbp:raceAgainst | steam drill 
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                                | gptkbp:subjectOf | gptkb:literature gptkb:folk
 gptkb:children's_book
 films
 ballads
 
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                                | gptkbp:symbolizes | endurance strength
 resistance to industrialization
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Big_Bend_Tunnel,_West_Virginia gptkb:John_Henry_(Disney_short_film)
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | John Henry (folklore) 
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