ofortunately, in october 1676, nathaniel bacon passed away. when he passed away, the rebellion quickly began to dissolve. the thousand troops from england showed up to a certain order. as an event, it was not successful in transforming the colony of virginia in a significant way -- with one caveat. by virginiasarned leaders in the aftermath was one tied to concern over the idea of a possible civil war among virginia's white population. one that the ruling elites actively wanted to avoid. as a way to stave off the possibility and threat of a civil war war among the white population among the disaffected war of virginia, they decided to phase out indentured servitude. they began to ease class tension by reshaping the experience of the poor white population within the colony. --doing so, while still the being able to satiate the growing demand for labor on these tobacco plantations, they began to make the shift and pivot to using african slave labor exclusively. by the time we get to 1676, we see the abatis -- impetus and the immersion of racial