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The Day the Masquerade Came: Short stories

The Day the Masquerade Came: Short stories

Brown, S. D.

Paperback

Literary Fiction

ISBN13: 9798250460583
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 2 2026
Pages: 390
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Day the Masquerade Came is a short story collection that emphasizes a spectrum of issues that arose before and after Jamaica gained independence from Great Britain in 1962. The island endured over two hundred years of chattel slavery, which depleted its wealth and placed it disproportionately in the hands of the plantocracy. Following the abolition of slavery in 1838, Jamaica faced an identity crisis and the challenge of integrating a large, uneducated black population. The transition was difficult, as the white, Chinese, and mixed-race populations had to make room for the black masses to ascend to the middle class and share power, a concept many struggled to accept. In a society marked by social status, race, and colorism, the idea of equality among different racial groups was particularly challenging, as they had not associated with each other before independence.

This collection of short stories delves into the issues that arose from European colonialism, as seen through the lives of the

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