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How a formerly enslaved man helped create Jack Daniel's

New book chronicles the formerly enslaved man crucial to creating Jack Daniel's

Aired 08/02/2024

PBS News Hour

How a formerly enslaved man helped create Jack Daniel's

Clip: 8/2/2024 | 8m 57sVideo has Closed Captions

New book chronicles the formerly enslaved man crucial to creating Jack Daniel's

Jack Daniel's is a famous whiskey brand, but Daniel didn’t create the method for distilling Tennessee whiskey. He learned it from a formerly enslaved man named Nearest Green. Fawn Weaver created Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey to honor and preserve Green’s legacy and it's now the most successful Black-owned liquor empire. Geoff Bennett sat down with Weaver to discuss her book, “Love and Whiskey."

Aired 08/02/2024

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