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Fight like a tiger : Conway Barbour and the challenges of the black middle class in nineteenth-century America

Victoria L. Harrison (Author)
"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 class during the Civil War era"-- Provided by publisher

eBook, English, 2018
Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL, 2018