Manisha Sinha

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The U.N. Is Commemorating Haiti's Role in Ending the Slave Trade. Here's Why

The nation was a beacon for the anti-slavery cause

By Manisha Sinha

What You Still Don't Know About Abolitionists

When most people think of the end of slavery, they think of Lincoln. But we must recall the place of the enslaved themselves in that story

By Manisha Sinha

American Slaves Emancipated Themselves

To many Americans, the end of slavery is synonymous with Abraham Lincoln, who signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. But that’s hardly the whole story. And it discounts the agency of thousands of slaves who...

By Manisha Sinha
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