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
Contents:
  • Lexington and Louisville
  • Cleveland
  • Alton
  • Little Rock
  • Lake Village, Arkansas.