Title: Fight Like a Tiger
Description: "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"--
Subjects: African americans, illinois, Middle class, united states, Middle class African Americans, History