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How did the system of indentured servitude in colonial Virginia transform into a system of African slavery after Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion against the House of Burgesses? *

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Answer:Indentured servants both black and white joined the frontier rebellion. Seeing them united in a cause alarmed the ruling class. Historians believe the rebellion hastened the hardening of racial lines associated with slavery, as a way for planters and the colony to control some of the poor. Hope this helped!

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