In “Torchbearer of the Revolution,” by Thomas Wertenbaker he states that though Nathaniel Bacon was seen by a rebel for what he did because of the title given by the Berkeley and the rich planters, he should be seen as a hero for standing up for standing up to the wrongdoings of the government (Wertenbaker 211). Thomas Wertenbaker writes:
It Put an end to the Berkeleian system of government by corruption, for there were no more long Assemblies in the colony; it brought about reform in local government since many of Bacon’s laws were reenacted in later sessions; it forfeited the people to resist the assault on their liberty known as the second Stuart despotism it gave the English Privy Council a realization of what was to be expected when the Americans were driven to desperation. But after all, the movement was symptomatic rather than conclusive. Bacon’s Declaration of the People was the forerunner of the Declaration of Independence. Though Nathaniel Bacon has never …show more content…
After this point, people start transitioning form a indentured servant society to a slave society.(Anderson) During Professor Anderson’s lecture about Bacon’s Rebellion, we discussed about the social attitude forming out of the Rebellion. There hasn’t been a social class rebellion after this within the white society because many whites look at other whites as being superior to other races. Their mine frame quoted from Professor Anderson was, “even if they’re dirt poor, it’s better than being black.” This attitude shaped from the rebellion stems into the Civil War on how Professor Anderson, talked about how rich planters kept poor farmers and African Americans from coming together during the 1800 hundreds. The rich planters who were the minority percent kept the ideal amongst the poor white farmers that even though they were poor, that they were still white and not a black slave