In the Spirit of Sankofa,
Bet you didn't know this Jack ain't no fool, he sitting right next to brother man.
The slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey
LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — Every year, about 275,000 people tour the Jack Daniel’s distillery in Lynchburg, and as they stroll through its brick buildings nestled in a tree-shaded hollow, they hear a story like this: In the 1850s, when Daniel was a boy, he went to work for a preacher, grocer and distiller named Dan Call. The preacher was a busy man, and when he saw promise in young Jack, he taught him how to run his whiskey still — and the rest is history ...
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-slave-who-taught-jack-daniel-how-to-make-whiskey/
In an undated photograph, Jack Daniel, center white hat, and to the left, a man who could be a son of Nearis Green, who taught Daniel how to make whiskey. Green was a slave of Dan Call, a preacher, grocer and distiller who took Daniel under his wing. (HANDOUT/NYT)
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Bet you didn't know this Jack ain't no fool, he sitting right next to brother man.
The slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey
LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — Every year, about 275,000 people tour the Jack Daniel’s distillery in Lynchburg, and as they stroll through its brick buildings nestled in a tree-shaded hollow, they hear a story like this: In the 1850s, when Daniel was a boy, he went to work for a preacher, grocer and distiller named Dan Call. The preacher was a busy man, and when he saw promise in young Jack, he taught him how to run his whiskey still — and the rest is history ...
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-slave-who-taught-jack-daniel-how-to-make-whiskey/
In an undated photograph, Jack Daniel, center white hat, and to the left, a man who could be a son of Nearis Green, who taught Daniel how to make whiskey. Green was a slave of Dan Call, a preacher, grocer and distiller who took Daniel under his wing. (HANDOUT/NYT)
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