Jack Daniel’s Embraces a Hidden Ingredient: Help From a Slave – Clay Risen / NYT

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jack daniels.jpgreIn a photo in Jack Daniel’s old office, Daniel, with mustache and white hat, is shown at his distillery in Tennessee in the late 1800s. The man to his right could be a son of Nearis Green, a slave who helped teach Daniel how to make whiskey.

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