I alwasy like to think the statue protestors got the idea of vandalising it from Councillor Richard Eddy who thought wording of the proposed 2nd plaque so incendiary he thought if someone ‘unilateral… (View Post)

People tried to get historical context added to the statue for years but, would you believe it, Colston linked groups like the Society of Merchant Venturers repeatedly interfered and blocked the addi… (View Post)

People at the time thought slavery was wrong. Like, the majority of people opposed slavery. (View Post)

People thought slavery was wrong in Colton's day. (View Post)

It was erected in response to a statue to Edmund Burke, noted critic of slavery, being put up. Its funding came principally from orgs with a long history of whitewashing Colston's slave trading. (View Post)