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Introduction to "A Tireless Laborer: Anna Richardson"

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Abstract

Bridget Bennett's work in transatlantic abolitionist organizing was recognized by the American Studies Association's International Committee with the awarding of the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize for International Scholarship in Transnational American Studies in 2025. We're pleased to present an excerpt from the winning monograph, Antislavery in the Dissenting Atlantic: Archives and Unquiet Libraries, 1776-1865, published by Louisiana State University Press in 2025, preceded by a short framing text here, written for JTAS readers.