With the help and support of nearly 100 descendants & Lynchburg AA matriarchs/patriarchs. I can't take credit...this assignment chose me...
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It's stunning to me that, after denying its debt and history for so long,
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If Jack Daniel were still alive, I have no doubt he'd want to see Nearest honored. So that, Aura, is what we're all going to do. Cheers!
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2) Jack Daniel owned no slaves. They both worked on the farm of Nearest's slave owner;
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This is a year long research project -more than 2,500 hours, 20 researchers and the entire family...Can't be told in 140 characters though..
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3) Nearest's entire family shared in that wealth - even after the Distillery was wiped out during prohibition.
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Keep in mind: 1) Jack hired Nearest POST civil war & paid him so well he was the wealthiest AA in the area - even more so than most whites;
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