Ubisoft reportedly cancelled Assassin's Creed game set after the American Civil War due to "political concerns"

It has been claimed that Ubisoft scrapped an Assassin’s Creed game last year that would follow the story of a former slave after the American Civil War over concerns regarding the current political climate.

The details:

• As reported by Game File, anonymous employees at the publisher have said that the game was set during the Reconstruction period in the 1860s and 1870s following the events of the American Civil War. It would’ve followed the story of a Black former slave turned assassin who would take on the then-emerging Ku Klux Klan and fight for justice in the South.
• It’s claimed that the game was cancelled last year partly due to the backlash surrounding the reveal of Yasuke, a historically inspired Black samurai that featured as one of Assassin’s Creed: Shadows’ protagonists, as well as “concern that the political climate in the United States was becoming increasingly tense.” "I was terribly disappointed but not surprised by leadership," one Ubisoft employee said. "They are making more and more decisions to maintain the political 'status quo' and take no stand, no risk, even creative."
• It’s unknown what is next for the Assassin’s Creed franchise in terms of mainline titles following the cancellation of the project. As announced last week, the series is now in the hands of Vantage Studios, Ubisoft’s new Tencent-backed subsidiary that focuses on its biggest franchises, granting developers more control over their projects.