Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation has been awarded the 2013 Chinard Prize: "The Gilbert Chinard Prize is awarded jointly by the Society for French Historical Studies and the Institut Français d'Amerique for a distinguished scholarly book published in North America in 2013 in the history of themes shared by France and North, Central, or South America." The formal conferral was made this past weekend at the meetings of the Society in Cambridge, Massachusetts.