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Dawn of a New Day takes the reader through mid-twentieth-century life in the British Virgin Islands from 1942 to 1967. It addresses the turbulence of the period in economics, education and politics. The people have been dominated by the UK government all their lives, and especially after 1872, when the Virgin Islands became part of the Leeward Islands Federation. Under the federation, the people were further neglected, and in the 1930s began to wake up when many who had travelled abroad in search of work returned home and began to reshape life in the Territory.. The struggles between the government and the people grew stronger in the 1940s and 1950s, leading to changes in the 1960s.

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A welcome piece of work that provides insight into the way we were, where we have been, as we proceed to increase our capacity to reflect and purposefully devise a brighter tomorrow. The Dawn of a New Day is a valuable contribution to the published history of the Virgin Islands, as it chronicles and reflects on a period of awakening for the territory and reminds us of the brave and vigilant leaders who emerged during a very dark period in the Virgin Islands' socio-economic history. It reflects on the history and development of the Virgin Islands from the immediate post-slavery period, and on the United Kingdom's failed attempt to respond to social disquiet and the harsh socio-economic reality in the British Virgin Islands by aligning the Virgin Islands with the Leeward Islands Federation without the input of the local population.

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