Thomas Mathew Articles See More Thomas Mathew Jan 1st, 1915 Bacon’s Rebellion: Revolution & Counter‐Revolution After Bacon’s Rebellion, Virginia’s lawmaking elite institutionalized race–a counter‐revolutionary tool to prevent combinations of black and white. Thomas Mathew Jan 1st, 1915 Bacon’s Rebellion: Ominous Presages & Frontier Warfare Thomas Mathew of Cherry Point, Virginia describes “three Prodigies” foreshadowing a revolutionary conflict with dark, disturbing outcomes.