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Ayyyeeeeeee 🤍🤍🤍🖤🖤🖤 Did a thing with the beautiful folks @worldfamousinc ⚡⚡⚡ Reposted from @worldfamousinc Nearest Green was the first African American master distiller in the U.S-that we know of. In his hometown of Lynchburg, Tennessee, people called him ‘Uncle Nearest,’ where his whiskey was known for its smoothness, due to his unique ‘Lincoln County process’ of sugar maple charcoal filtering. Historians believe the process originated in West Africa, brought over to the U.S. with the Atlantic slave trade.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Nearest was the man who taught a young Jack Daniel to make whiskey. Jack Daniel and Nearest both met while working for Reverend Call. Jack didn’t have slaves; Nearest was Jack’s mentor, and Jack never shied from pointing that out, mentioning him more than 50 times in his autobiography. They lived and worked side-by-side. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ While Nearest's contribution was an open secret in Lynchburg, he never appeared in Jack Daniel’s promotions. Then in 2017, thanks to the diligent work of Fawn Weaver, Jack Daniel Distillery officially recognized Green as its first head stiller, and added him to their company tours and Visitors Center. Fawn herself purchased the original 313-acre farm, and convened a group to release a Tennessee whiskey called ‘Uncle Nearest 1856.’ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Artwork by @ohabtbj ⁠⠀ #NathanGreen #BlackHistory #JackDaniels #AmericanHistory #art #digitalart #illustration artsy #blackandwhite #ohabtbj #worldfamousinc #unclenearest #thankful #love https://www.instagram.com/p/CD48jWoF0YZ/?igshid=fwq6f25hcdu0

In #Lynchburg, #Tennessee, the name Nearest Green has always meant something special. His birth name was #NathanGreen but those who knew him best, his family and friends, called him Uncle Nearest. No one actually knows how he obtained that nickname, so we assume he was the “nearest and dearest” to so many who came in contact with him. . . An incorrect spelling of his name in the 1880 census as #Nearis, has caused some confusion. But rest assured, no one in his family is confused about the spelling of his name: Nathan “Nearest” Green. . . Those outside of this small southern town 70 miles southwest of #Nashville knew nothing of Nearest until a book published in 1967, Jack Daniel’s Legacy, revealed him to be the slave who taught #JackDaniel how to make Tennessee whiskey. . . Five years later, a publication of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly – Spring 1972 shared the history of Jack Daniel Distillery and listed Nearest Green as their first head stiller (what is now commonly referred to as master distiller). . . Not only was Nathan “Nearest” Green the first master distiller for Jack Daniel Distillery, and not only was he the person who taught Jack Daniel how to make Tennessee whiskey, he was also the first African in America master distiller on record in the United States. . . http://nearestgreen.com/about-nearest-green/ - Ra Turn To Roots II

When Jesus will come back the righteous will be save. Paint by #nathangreen . #jesusiscomingsoon