William "Parson" Brownlow, the radical publisher of the Knoxville Whig, was one of the region's leading anti-secessionists (although he strongly defended the practice of slavery).
William "Parson" Brownlow作为激进的报刊Knoxville Whig的出版商, 是这一地区反分裂主义运动的首领（虽然他支持奴隶制度）。