Explosion of African slaves had happened between 1680 and 1700 because of what the aristocrats realized after Bacon’s rebellion. Bacon’s rebellion was in response to poor white men who did not have land or work after their indentured servitude was up. The rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon, who led a biracial group of poor whites and African. During these times, many field workers were indentured servants, these were people who were poor Europeans that signed contracts that allowed them to come to the New World, the contract stipulated that they must serve anywhere from three to seven years of hard labor on farm land generally tobacco farms. They were promised land once they had completed their time, however most indentured servants did not live to see their end of their contracted …show more content…
This was an advantage to the land owners who brought the labor force over. Additionally; African slaves were present in the new world but at a very low number and they were able to work to gain freedom. The rules were different for Africans during this time, for example an indentured servant if they left prior to finishing their contract and were caught they were punished to finish out their time and additional time was added to their contracted time and then they had to work for the governing body for additional time. However, Africans were punished differently they were sentenced to serve life as a slave, an introduction to white privilege to give distinction between Africans and poor Europeans. These distinctions were subtle in that the social system was mainly a Head Right system, which defined people by class not race. This system is an important fact that aided in Bacon’s