Reasons Leading To Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion

Before the Rebellion African slaves were rare because of the lack of slave traders bringing Africans to Virginia. Bacon’s Rebellion is seen as a major turning point which led to making slavery the primary source of labor. After a group of former indentured servants led by Nathaniel Bacon rebelled because they felt the wealthy were controlling society and how they were being treated. This rebellion scared the ruling class of landowners becoming fearful that more would join to the point where the colonies decided that slaves from Africa would be the best option since indentured servants only worked for a certain time period while slaves they would never gain their freedom. They elevated indentured servants place in society making the African