Slavery has not been a problem in America since the Revolution, just as the Indians on the western frontier were never a problem for the colonists. If wrongdoing goes on for too long, then it becomes unbearable, just as the stalemate between the Virginia settlers and the Indians lasted too long, with disturbing disputes over who was wrong and who was unjust. That's right, the birth of a nation cannot happen in a divided way, and this was exactly the problem that was occurring with the North and the South. The North only tolerated the South's slavery because it benefited them in some way. For example, no matter how well the South was doing, it meant the North was doing well, because the economy had to be fueled by Southern agriculture and consumers from around the world, and if slavery helped production in the South then that was bad. necessary. That is, until it was seen as an unnecessary evil. When slavery began to be seen as a needless evil, fingers pointed towards the only power that had control over it, and that was the government. For as long as slavery was in existence, the government considered it a necessary evil. The entire time slavery was in effect, people had opposed it, but there was no way around it. There were many abolitionists, but a group of abolitionists without power can do nothing. The only one to blame was the government. Until Abraham Lincoln took office he made it an issue. One could argue that any government that uses slavery is corrupt, so America was corrupt at the time. It also focused on more important issues, such as nation-building and formation. As for Bacon's Rebellion, after the colonists began to realize what had been... middle of paper... to the Civil War era the difficulties were much the same. Slavery existed when Bacon was still alive, but it had just been introduced and equality wasn't even an idea then. Slavery is still a very low social status, so in both cases it is great to bring people together to fight for the same purpose. Especially in Bacon's Rebellion, because upper class people were fighting because taxes were raised and lower class people were fighting for it too, in a way. Although for the civil war the situation is reversed because the lower class people fight for their own good and the upper class fights for them. There are many similarities when comparing Bacon's Rebellion and the Civil War, it just goes to show that no matter what day and age America is in, people of every class and race can come together to fight for a cause.