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Colston statue trial verdict a ‘milestone’ in history – David Olusoga
2 years, 11 months ago

Colston statue trial verdict a ‘milestone’ in history – David Olusoga

The Independent  

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All in the name: UK school to end 311-year slave trader link
3 years ago

All in the name: UK school to end 311-year slave trader link

Associated Press  

LONDON — First his statue met a watery end during last year’s Black Lives Matter protests. Colston, who was born in 1636 to a wealthy merchant family, became prominently involved in England’s sole official slaving company at the time, the Royal African Company, and Bristol was at the heart of it. Colston has been a figure of huge controversy in …

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Black Lives Matter protests: Why are statues so powerful?
4 years, 6 months ago

Black Lives Matter protests: Why are statues so powerful?

BBC  

Black Lives Matter protests: Why are statues so powerful? Getty Images After statues around the world were defaced as part of the Black Lives Matters protests, Kelly Grovier looks at why some monuments provoke powerful reactions. The recent destruction of monuments in Britain and the US – from the toppling in Bristol, England, last weekend of a bronze sculpture commemorating …

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Britain was built on the backs, and souls, of slaves
4 years, 6 months ago

Britain was built on the backs, and souls, of slaves

Al Jazeera  

The UK owes a debt to descendants of enslaved people and to taxpayers whose money was used to compensate slave traders and owners. That means that living taxpayers in the UK, including descendants of enslaved people, paid billions of pounds to slave traders to stop them from trading in human lives, and to slave owners for the loss of their …

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Who was Edward Colston, why was his statue toppled?
4 years, 6 months ago

Who was Edward Colston, why was his statue toppled?

Al Jazeera  

Edward Colston becomes symbol for UK’s Black Lives Matter movement as his statue is brought down in Bristol. The toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol, a city in the southwest of England, by anti-racism protesters was greeted with joyous scenes, recognition of the fact that he was a notorious slave trader. The Colston statue was then rolled into the …

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Watery end for statue of slave trader in UK city of Bristol
4 years, 6 months ago

Watery end for statue of slave trader in UK city of Bristol

Associated Press  

LONDON — For someone who died nearly three centuries ago, Edward Colston has become a symbol for the Black Lives Matter movement in Britain. The toppling of his statue in Bristol, a city in the southwest of England, on Sunday by anti-racism protesters was greeted with joyous scenes, recognition of the fact that he was a notorious slave trader — …

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