indeed manisha sinha and her exemplify a us mission which is to cultivate a deeper understanding of the american past grounded in the primary sources we've been collecting here at r us since 1812. manisha has been working in our collections for more than two decades. she held an nea fellowship here in the early 2000s to research the project that became her pathbreaking award winning book, the slaves cause a history of abolition that book, published in 2016, was an editors choice of the new york times book review. it was named one of three great history books that year by bloomberg news. among many accolades, her previous book, the counter revolution of slavery politics and ideology in antebellum south carolina, published in 2000, was named one of the ten best books on slavery by politico in 2015 and was featured in the new york times 1619 project manisha sinha holds the draper chair in american history at the university of connecticut. she'll soon become president of the society for historians of the early american republic, and she serves on the american antiquarian society council, ou