Overview:
This chapter is about Bacon's Rebellion and various other race and class conflicts in the century before the American Revolution.
1-Nathaniel Bacon and the Rebellion
Above is a link to the "Declaration of the People" that Nathaniel Bacon wrote to speak to the people's reasons for rebellion
William Berkeley
2-The Underclass
The servants who joined Bacons Rebellion
Understanding Early "Imigration"
Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burning Jamestown
The Cook Maid
Art by Nathaniel Bacon
Connections to Today
2 &3 - Rich and Poor, How to Rule (respectively)
Commentary on the gap between rich and poor and the governments use of racism and class to divide the rebels and maintain control.
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