Nathan "Nearest" Green
American master whiskey distiller (1820 –?) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nathan "Nearest" Green (c. 1820 – unknown), incorrectly spelled "Nearis" in an 1880 census,[1] was an American head stiller, more commonly referred to as a master distiller. Born into slavery and emancipated after the American Civil War, he taught his distilling techniques to Jack Daniel, founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery. Green was hired as the first master distiller for Jack Daniel Distillery,[2] and he is the first African-American master distiller on record in the United States.[1]
Nathan "Nearest" Green | |
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Born | c. 1820 |
Occupation | Distiller |
Known for | Teaching Jasper "Jack" Daniel, founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey |
Due to his career with the fledgling company, he is likely to have been by far one of the richest African-Americans at the time, and quite wealthy for White American standards as well.