virginia: What factors explain the development of indentured servitude in early seventeenth century Virginia? What factors led the large Virginia planters to shift from a labor system based upon indentured servitude to one based on slavery? What role did Bacon鈥檚 Rebellion play in this change? What impact did the development of slavery in Virginia have on the social and legal status of blacks in the colony?|||Indentured servitude was a response to the joint need of people to pay for transit to emigrate from Britain, and the need for labor in the farmers. Bacon's Rebellion changed all that - you couldn't tell just by looking at someone if they were supposed to be free or not during it - so they brought over dark skinned people so that they could discriminate more easily. There were a few slaves before this, but this was the event that basically caused the transition from indentured servitude to slavery. As a result of equating blacks and slaves, as you can imagine, the rights of free blacks in the colonies went sharply downhill, especially in areas where slaves were common (such as the south).|||Each one of your questions would require a 3 to 5 sentence answer, minimum! You asked 5 questions! I will give you the basic and easiest answer to one or two of your questions. There are great books that are dedicated to each of your individual answers. Indentured servitude shifted to slavery for two reasons. Greed of course because you went from having someone for 5 to 10 years, to having someone for life. Also many indentured servants would eventually run away and blend in since they were often of European decent. They could easily blend in with people in other towns across the colonies. Your last two questions are very complex and I would buy books on this. I do not want to answer and not do the question any justice. Unless you need it for school. Still not easily answered on yahoo. But if that is the case. Do your own homework! :-)|||In the agreement for indentured service there was usually freedom clause after a certain period of time served. Many times these clauses would include a tract of land. Other wise Virgina couldn't have gotten anyone to come from Europe in the first place. No such freedom or land was granted for slaves in most cases. As far as Bacon's Rebellion. I'll let you do your own research on that one.