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SUMMARY:The Dissenting Atlantic: Archives and Unquiet Libraries\, 1776-186
 5 - Bridget Bennett (University of Leeds)
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DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will discuss a historically situated set of tra
 nsatlantic relationships\, chiefly but not exclusively centred on antislav
 ery communities in Yorkshire\, Newcastle and Pennsylvania. Focusing on quo
 tidian and everyday antislavery and abolitionist work\, as well as its mor
 e familiar public face\, I bring together the Black abolitionists\, Quaker
 s and others who were part of what I call the dissenting Atlantic. Buildin
 g on what my book calls the unquiet libraries that contain potential for l
 ocating overlooked voices and stories\, I also argue for the transformatio
 nal potential of the speakerly archive. Rather than figure archival absenc
 es as absence\, loss or silence\, a speakerly archival practice focuses on
  speculative figurations\, further developing models of remediation pionee
 red by Saidiya Hartman and others. The Dissenting Atlantic has just been a
 warded the Shelley Fisher Fishkin prize by the American Studies Associatio
 n.\nSpeakers:\nBridget Bennett (University of Leeds)
LOCATION:Rothermere American Institute (Downstairs Seminar Room\, Rotherme
 re American Institute)\, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7371f34c-4041-4cbe-8676-c433e8ec9603/
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