Ex-Slave Who Taught Jack Daniels How to Make Whiskey Will Be Honored With New Foundation

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This is a pretty cool story on several levels.

Ex-Slave Who Taught Jack Daniels How to Make Whiskey Will Be Honored With New Foundation - Baller Alert

“The idea that there were positive stories out there of whites’ and blacks’ working side by side, through and beyond the Civil War, resonated with me,” Weaver said in a statement last week. “I liked the story of Jack Daniel, but Nearest Green’s story and the community at large really stayed with me.”