Talk:Isaac (animated series)/@comment-1255618-20181123144929/@comment-43809577-20190913042917

African chattel slavery -- and the invention of race theory that arose to justify it -- weren't a thing at the time. However, slavery and indentured servitude absolutely were, so it's believable that young Isaac could have suffered at the hands of someone who felt he owned him.

Prejudice in medieval Europe tended to fall along religious lines (which explains fairy tale references like "the blood of a Christian" and "a Christian marrying a troll"). That said, it's not outside the realm of possibility that people in some backwater areas could have seen Isaac, travelling alone and without any obvious signs of status, and said, "Hey, it's a human with almost-black skin! He must be magical!"