The Secret History of the Slave Behind Jack Daniels Whiskey
Back in 1866, Jack Daniel\u2019s became the first registered distillery in the United States; today, it\u2019s the top-selling American whiskey in the world. For much of the brand\u2019s 150-plus years, the story went that the young Jack Daniel learned his trade from a pastor named Dan Call. In reality, he was taught to distill by an enslaved African, Nearest Green, whose contributions had been written out of history. In this episode, listen in as Fawn Weaver, the entrepreneur who has made rediscovering Green\u2019s story her business, and Clay Risen, the whiskey expert whose 2016 article in The New York Times launched Weaver\u2019s quest, tell us the true story of Nearest Green and Jack Daniel\u2014and of American whiskey.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices