Michael L Nicholls
Biographic Data
| ID | 958822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael L Nicholls |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael L |
| FAMILY NAME | Nicholls |
| SIGNATURE | NICHOLLS M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utah State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Creating Identity
This essay assesses the workings and effectiveness of Virginia's registration system of free blacks during the first generation following its creation in 1793. Although total conformity to the law was not demanded, the system served to identify mobile and unknown free people of color and to ensure white control especially during periods of crisis. Free blacks used the system to document their own freedom and that of free-born children, and to obt…
Whispers of Rebellion
An ambitious but abortive plan to revolt that ended in the conviction and hanging of over two dozen men, Gabriel's Conspiracy of 1800 sought nothing less than to capture the capital city of Richmond and end slavery in Virginia. Whispers of Rebellion draws on recent scholarship and extensive archival material to provide the clearest view yet of this fascinating chapter in the history of slavery--and to question much about the case that has been ac…
The squint of freedom’
Slavery in North Carolina, 1748-1775
Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies
Journal Article Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies Get access Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. Edited by Cooke Jacob Ernestet al. . (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Volume 1: xxxv + 745 pp.; Volume 2: x + 787 pp.; Volume 3: xi + 865 pp. Maps, charts, tables, bibliographies, index. $300.) Michael L. Nicholls Michael L. Nicholls Utah State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scho…
Old Southampton
Slaves in Piedmont Virginia, 1720-1790
Tobacco and Slaves
Journal Article Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680–1800. By Allan Kulikoff. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. xviii + 449 pp. $30.00.) Get access Michael L. Nicholls Michael L. Nicholls Utah State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 4, March 1987, Pages 1014–1015, https://doi.org/10.2307…
The Evolution of the Southern Backcountry
The Southern Colonial Frontier, 1607-1763. Histories of the American Frontier
Legacies of the American Revolution
Eighteenth-Century Florida and the Revolutionary South
Journal Article Eighteenth-Century Florida and the Revolutionary South. Ed. by Samuel Proctor. (Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1978. xvii + 125 pp. Illustration and notes. $6.50.) Get access Michael L. Nicholls Michael L. Nicholls Utah State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 1, June 1979, Pages 121–122, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894697 Publ…
The Correspondence of William Nelson as Acting Governor of Virginia, 1770-1771
The Mormon Genealogical Society and Research Opportunities in Early American History
T t HE study of American history has experienced conceptual and methodological revolutions in recent years. Scholars in increasing numbers are combining statistical computation with traditional literary sources to effect more comprehensive historical portraits; important work is going forward in such areas as demography, prosopography, and family reconstitution. Since the method often determines the message, there has been a trend toward microcos…
History of Virginia
History of Virginia
The Mormon Genealogical Society and Research Opportunities in Early American History
T t HE study of American history has experienced conceptual and methodological revolutions in recent years. Scholars in increasing numbers are combining statistical computation with traditional literary sources to effect more comprehensive historical portraits; important work is going forward in such areas as demography, prosopography, and family reconstitution. Since the method often determines the message, there has been a trend toward microcos…
The Correspondence of William Nelson as Acting Governor of Virginia, 1770-1771
Legacies of the American Revolution
Eighteenth-Century Florida and the Revolutionary South
Journal Article Eighteenth-Century Florida and the Revolutionary South. Ed. by Samuel Proctor. (Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1978. xvii + 125 pp. Illustration and notes. $6.50.) Get access Michael L. Nicholls Michael L. Nicholls Utah State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 1, June 1979, Pages 121–122, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894697 Publ…
The Southern Colonial Frontier, 1607-1763. Histories of the American Frontier
The Evolution of the Southern Backcountry
Tobacco and Slaves
Journal Article Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680–1800. By Allan Kulikoff. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. xviii + 449 pp. $30.00.) Get access Michael L. Nicholls Michael L. Nicholls Utah State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 4, March 1987, Pages 1014–1015, https://doi.org/10.2307…
Slaves in Piedmont Virginia, 1720-1790
Old Southampton
Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies
Journal Article Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies Get access Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies. Edited by Cooke Jacob Ernestet al. . (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Volume 1: xxxv + 745 pp.; Volume 2: x + 787 pp.; Volume 3: xi + 865 pp. Maps, charts, tables, bibliographies, index. $300.) Michael L. Nicholls Michael L. Nicholls Utah State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scho…
Slavery in North Carolina, 1748-1775
The squint of freedom’
Whispers of Rebellion
An ambitious but abortive plan to revolt that ended in the conviction and hanging of over two dozen men, Gabriel's Conspiracy of 1800 sought nothing less than to capture the capital city of Richmond and end slavery in Virginia. Whispers of Rebellion draws on recent scholarship and extensive archival material to provide the clearest view yet of this fascinating chapter in the history of slavery--and to question much about the case that has been ac…
Creating Identity
This essay assesses the workings and effectiveness of Virginia's registration system of free blacks during the first generation following its creation in 1793. Although total conformity to the law was not demanded, the system served to identify mobile and unknown free people of color and to ensure white control especially during periods of crisis. Free blacks used the system to document their own freedom and that of free-born children, and to obt…
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