Manisha Sinha is the Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Her latest book, The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition, won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize among several others and was long listed for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction.

"Sinha not only has taken on this vast subject, but has greatly expanded its definition, both temporally and spatially.... She covers these difficult issues with remarkable skill and clarity."

Manisha Sinha is the Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Her latest book, The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition, won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize among several others and was long listed for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction.

"Sinha not only has taken on this vast subject, but has greatly expanded its definition, both temporally and spatially.... She covers these difficult issues with remarkable skill and clarity."

Manisha Sinha is the Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Her latest book, The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition, won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize among several others and was long listed for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction.

"Sinha not only has taken on this vast subject, but has greatly expanded its definition, both temporally and spatially.... She covers these difficult issues with remarkable skill and clarity."