I think it is seriously worth noting that Bacon’s rebellion was specifically an alliance of white indentured servents and african slaves against the slave owning class. Just don’t pay attention to the colonial anti-indigenous motivations for that revolt though.
No it was not, not in the slightest. Bacon represented the more fascistic of the two settler factions. His rebellion's entire point was to steal more from the indiginous to alleviate the economic downturn and he had full support of the white masses seeing their salvation in the looting that was to come.
And Bacon only conscripted the Afrikan slaves to the rebellion at the very end in a last ditch effort when he got deserted by his supporters after both sides bribed each other's indentured servants for the same reason.
I really recommend Settlers, chapter 2, in which Sakai recounts all the events from start to finish. Here's part of the conclusion:
Out of the debris of this chaotic dispute we can pick out the central
facts. First, that there was no democratic political program or movement
whatsoever. Bacon’s Rebellion was a popular movement, representing a
clear majority of the settlers, to resolve serious economic and social
problems by stepping up the exploitation of oppressed peoples. Far from
being “democratic,” it was more nearly fascistic. Bacon was the diseased
mind of the most reactionary faction of the planters, and in his ambitious
schemes the fact that a few more freemen or ex-slaves had paper voting
rights meant little. Far from fighting to abolish slavery, the Rebellion
actually hoped to add to the number of slaves by Indian conquest.
And, finally, there was no “Black and White unity” at all. Needing
fighting bodies, Bacon at the very end offered a deal to his opponents’
slaves. He paid in the only coin that was meaningful — a promise of
freedom for them if he won. Those Afrikans who signed up in his army
didn’t love him, trust him, view him as their leader, or anything of the kind.
They were tactically exploiting a contradiction in the oppressor ranks,
maneuvering for their freedom. It is interesting to note that those Indianswho did give themselves up to unity with the oppressors, becoming the
settlers’ lackeys and allies, were not protected by it, but were destroyed.