1.0Kotaku Australiahttps://develop.kotaku.com.auEvan Narcissehttps://develop.kotaku.com.au/author/evannarcisse-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SGVAaaht1N"><a href="https://develop.kotaku.com.au/2013/07/slavery-gives-me-a-weird-personal-connection-with-assassins-creed-iv/">Slavery Gives Me A Weird Personal Connection With Assassin’s Creed IV</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://develop.kotaku.com.au/2013/07/slavery-gives-me-a-weird-personal-connection-with-assassins-creed-iv/embed/#?secret=SGVAaaht1N" width="600" height="338" title="“Slavery Gives Me A Weird Personal Connection With Assassin’s Creed IV” — Kotaku Australia" data-secret="SGVAaaht1N" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://develop.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/17/18u1lqxehg5cipng.png?quality=75970546I 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 […]