A 1990 Bantam Books edition of Veronica Geoghegan Sweeney’s *The Emancipist*, a substantial work of historical fiction centered on the meaning of emancipation within a colonial setting. The title points to the world of freed convicts and social reintegration, where legal freedom does not necessarily erase stigma or reshape personal identity. With over one thousand pages, the novel appears designed as an expansive narrative rather than a short study or article. This record contains limited descriptive metadata, so the summary is intentionally general: it presents the book as a substantial work concerned with freedom, status, and the consequences of a society built around punishment and conditional belonging. The edition listed here was published by Bantam Books in 1990.

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