Via Bluesky, the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) announced the prize winners from this year's annual meeting.  The James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize ("awarded annually to the best 'first book' by a new author published in the previous calendar year and dealing with any aspect of the history of the early American republic") went to Sarah L. H. Gronningsater (University of Pennsylvania) for The Rising Generation: Gradual Abolition, Black Legal Culture, and the Making of National Freedom (Penn Press). Congratulations to Prof. Gronningsater! -- Karen Tani