What role did African Americans play in Bacon’s Rebellion?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:



  • Bacon’s following included a diverse set of unfree workers.


  • Many Africans, both slaves and indentured servants, worked on Virginia’s tobacco plantations.


  • With much to gain and little to lose, such Africans joined Bacon’s Rebellion.


  • When Bacon died, bound workers continued the fight.


  • The uprising was not completely put down until the arrival of military reinforcements from Britain.

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