by: Larry Potash

Posted: Apr 22, 2024 / 04:02 AM CDT

Updated: Apr 19, 2024 / 11:58 AM CDT

Farmer Dan McCall had a whiskey still on his property in 1850s Tennessee. The problem? He was also a Lutheran preacher. One of his farm hands, a freed slave named Nearest Green, made the whiskey and people thought it was the best.

When the farmer hired an 8-year-old boy named Jasper to help out, Green, was instructed to teach the boy. In fact, his efforts led to Jasper building an empire.

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