Manisha Sinha

Manisha Sinha
ParentSrinivas Kumar Sinha
Academic background
Alma materColumbia University
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineReconstruction
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Connecticut

Manisha Sinha is an Indian-born American historian, and the Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut.[1] She is the author of The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition (2016), which won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize.[2] and, most recently The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 (2024).

  1. ^ A, Parker, Heather (January 14, 2022). "Manisha Sinha | Department of History". Retrieved April 24, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "'The Slave's Cause' wins the 19th annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize". YaleNews. November 7, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2018.