in a climate where most (if not all) manhwa portrayals are lightskin and they have all types of representation (whether they are the 'cute bottom', 'bad boy' and such), black people are often used as scapegoats in media and representation is shown in a shockingly sad or violent light. black people deserve to be humanised. jaxx would've been better off adding some black characters to add versatility and relevance to the plot because it's not fun having representation for your race just to be disregarded, yknow.

The story is imagination, so why be racist?
If someone show BL, then don't know from where people come and preach about God,homophobia, racisism and what not. But if it's a straight story then everything is fine, be it noncon , porn, cheating and whatnot.
And I don't find this story so cliche till now. I mean yes at that historical point, there was slavery, certain people were treated as nobility where others were treated very poorly. There was racism due to skin colors. But it is shown here as hint not as explicitly. Rather the MC is kindhearted and gave freedom and gave money to go back and settle down in their families. He treated them as one would treat their employees when they close their business.