Rothbaum, Noah. The Whiskey Bible: A Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Spirit. Workman Publishing Company, 2025.
Mount Vernon’s whiskey production was performed by enslaved workers and the distillery’s economics depended on that coerced labor.
Noah Rothbaum, The Whiskey Bible: A Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Spirit (New York: Workman Publishing Company, 2025), 71–73.
Noah Rothbaum, The Whiskey Bible: A Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Spirit (New York: Workman Publishing Company, 2025), 71–73.
71–73
Rothbaum, The Whiskey Bible, 71–73.
American Whiskey — Mount Vernon
Whole supplied-copy audit: complete PDF sheets 167–172; retained partial sheets 166–170. Preserve the account of enslaved labor and Anderson's management. The claim that emancipation caused commercial failure is the author's interpretation, not established by this passage. Mount Vernon's institutional history dates emancipation to January 1, 1801; the book's December 1800 date needs correction. An 1814 fire does not prove continuous production until 1814. Prior record retained for provenance: Verified 2026-08-29 against the complete edition: displayed pp. 71–73 = complete PDF sheets 167–172. Existing PDF sheets 166–170 are retained partial locators.
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Displayed p. 71–73; complete supplied PDF sheets 167–172. Retained partial-copy locator: sheets 166–170. Section: American Whiskey — Mount Vernon.
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Noah Rothbaum, The Whiskey Bible: A Complete Guide to the World’s Greatest Spirit (New York: Workman Publishing Company, 2025), 71–73.
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Preserve the account of enslaved labor and Anderson's management. The claim that emancipation caused commercial failure is the author's interpretation, not established by this passage. Mount Vernon's institutional history dates emancipation to January 1, 1801; the book's December 1800 date needs correction. An 1814 fire does not prove continuous production until 1814.
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