{"id":379,"date":"2017-02-21T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2022-01-13T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:40:37","slug":"parson-brownlow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"Parson Brownlow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you think politics are nasty now, you should have lived in southern Appalachia in the middle of the nineteenth century. That\u2019s where a Methodist circuit rider named Parson William Brownlow began his rise to political power as governor from his home in East Tennessee. Generally ranked dead-last on historians\u2019 lists of Tennessee governors, Brownlow&#8217;s stubbornness and radical viewpoints made him one of the most divisive figures in Tennessee political history and one of the most controversial Reconstruction Era politicians of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Today we tell his story.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Audacy, Goodpods, Audible, or on your favorite podcast app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5669\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-379-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/storyappalachia\/Stories_podcast_125_Parson_Brownlow.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/storyappalachia\/Stories_podcast_125_Parson_Brownlow.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/storyappalachia\/Stories_podcast_125_Parson_Brownlow.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/storyappalachia\/Stories_podcast_125_Parson_Brownlow.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=379-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/storyappalachia\/Stories_podcast_125_Parson_Brownlow.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Stories_podcast_125_Parson_Brownlow.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think politics are nasty now, you should have lived in southern Appalachia in the middle of the nineteenth century. 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