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That is not the same thing.
Slavery has been around since before written history. The IDEA that BLACK PEOPLE are INHERENTLY SLAVES is not a European Medieval concept. It's a product of colonization.
I'd though that the context (the comment that dark skinned people in a european medieval game should expect to be slaves) was clearer than that, but apparently not.
Now, they might end up as slaves in countries that habitually enslave others, along with various other skin-toned folks, or if they travel to the game equivalent of Britain, they might be seen as 'outsiders' or 'infidels' but they wouldn't be seen as slaves unless they actually were in that condition already, just like anyone else.
It has been eloquently explained by various medieval historians with far more credibility than I will ever attain, than the medieval european mindset was concerned with "Locals versus Visitors" and differences in religion as the separation between peoples, rather than race. All that stuff about inherent inferiority of the african people had a lot more to do with the scientific revolution and the need for cheap labor in colonized countries than feudalism.
---Brett
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