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As we continue celebrating the bicentennial of Lafayette's 1824-1825 tour of the United States, the New London Maritime Society welcomes renowned historian Dr. Manisha Sinha to the Custom House on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Dr. Sinha will present a talk entitled 'Lafayette in the Abolitionist Imagination.' A reception to meet Dr. Sinha begins at 6:30 PM, with the talk starting at 7:00. Space is limited, so please register in advance.
Lafayette, a staunch abolitionist and champion of Liberty, Equality, and Freedom, was warmly welcomed by Americans in all 24 states upon his return in 1824. He stopped in New London on August 22, 2024. As the last surviving general of the American Revolution, his visit was a momentous occasion.
Dr. Sinha's talk will delve into Lafayette's role not only as a revolutionary 'hero of two worlds' but also as an antislavery icon for both black and white abolitionists in the United States. It will examine how abolitionists and African Americans received Lafayette during his triumphant tour and how the issue of slavery challenged revolutionary republicans. The discussion will also address how abolitionists leveraged this contradiction to advocate for emancipation.
In light of the ongoing election season, Dr. Sinha will also offer insights on the fragility of democratic republics and draw parallels between American and French republicanism.
A little-known fact: Dr. Sinha will be the first speaker at the museum to have also appeared on 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart. Please join us on October 29!
Biography
Manisha Sinha is the President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic and Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. She received her Ph.D from Columbia University where her dissertation was nominated for the Bancroft prize. Her multiple award-winning book The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition (2016) has been widely reviewed in the mainstream press and was long-listed for the National Book Award for Non-Fiction. It was featured as the Editors Choice of the New York Times Book Review and book of the week by Times Higher Education to coincide with its UK publication. She is the author of The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina (2000), named one of the ten best books on slavery in Politico and featured in The New York Times 1619 project. She has authored and edited numerous other books and articles. She is the recipient of several fellowships, including the Guggenheim fellowship in 2022. She received the Chancellor's Medal, the highest faculty honor, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where she taught for over twenty years. Here latest book, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 was published in 2024 by Liveright (Norton).
Dr. Sinha's books will be available at the museum for signing.
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