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Watching A Company Grapple With Its Origin Story And Real History

ISSUES Posted: June 26, 2016 8:30 am

“Slavery and whiskey, far from being two separate strands of Southern history, were inextricably entwined. Enslaved men not only made up the bulk of the distilling labor force, but they often played crucial skilled roles in the whiskey-making process. In the same way that white cookbook authors often appropriated recipes from their black cooks, white distillery owners took credit for the whiskey.”

ISSUES Published: 06.25.16

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 06.25.16

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