black people
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Taking Down A Slave Ship In Assassin’s Creed IV’s DLC Isn’t Easy
Boarding a slave ship and liberating its human cargo is probably the most satisfying thing you can do in the new Freedom Cry DLC for Assassin’s Creed IV. It’s also one of the toughest. Take a look at how this naval battle to free slaves almost ended in tears.
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Assassin’s Creed IV’s DLC Offers A Very Different Kind Of Rebellion
All those islands in the Caribbean that are plush vacation spots now? They used to be colonies, outposts for imperial powers that were replete with inhumane slave labour. Some of these places exploded — sometimes into self-rule — with violent uprisings and rebellions. The new add-on — out tomorrow — for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black…
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Slavery Gives Me A Weird Personal Connection With Assassin’s Creed IV
I wouldn’t exist if not for the ugly historical fact of slavery. Somewhere along my family tree, ancestors of mine were traded into bondage, most likely from somewhere in West Africa. And then other forebears wound up on the island of Ayiti — known today as Haiti — where slaves fought for their freedom in…
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How Assassin’s Creed Heroine Came To Be A Great Black Game Character
The odds should have been against Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation. It starred a woman — specifically the half-black, half-French heroine Aveline du Grandpre. And it was an exclusive on the PlayStation Vita, a system that many people see as a sadly under-supported platform.