After listening to "The Birth of Slavery", the reading of (Bacon Document) made more sense. My understanding is that there was an agreement between the rich and poor. The rich (tobacco elite) would own the poor (indentured servants) until they fulfilled their contract. The contract stated they had to work for their owner for a set time. Once the indentured servant served their time they were set free and had the option to be equivalent to the salve owner. Initially indentured slaves were based off social class and not race. The indentured servants felt like the contact was degrading and that's how "Bacon's Rebellion began". Once the slave owners became threaten by blacks things slowly began to change. The slave owners no longer felt blacks
