Nathan ¨Nathan" Green´s classic whiskey.

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Nathan Nearest Green

1819-1918

He was born in Tennessee in 1820 into slavery, he taught his distilling techniques to Jack Daniel. He was hired as the first master distiller for Jack Daniel´s Distillery. He was the first African American master distiller on record in the United States. He died in 1890.

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