Fight like a tiger : Conway Barbour and the challenges of the black middle class in nineteenth-century America / Victoria L. Harrison.

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"Tracing Barbour's life and economic adventures across four states, the book finds a budding middle class that was both empowered and impatient for tangible evidence of its success. Barbour's experiences reveal the obstacles facing people of color struggling to maintain a foothold in the middle clas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harrison, Victoria L. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Barbour, Conway, > -1876. Middle class African Americans > Arkansas > History > 19th century. Middle class African Americans > Illinois > History > 19th century. Middle class African Americans > Kentucky > History > 19th century. Middle class African Americans > Ohio > History > 19th century. Middle class African Americans. Arkansas. Illinois. Kentucky. Ohio. 1800-1899 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	x, 169 pages : illustrations
Format:	Book

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