Edward Colston statue has been pulled down in Bristol.
Colston was a leading figure in the transportation of an estimated 84,000 Africans, including children, as slaves. 19,000 died on the journey from West Africa to the Caribbean and the Americas.
The moment a statue of slave trader Edward Colston toppled into Bristol’s harbour.
So proud to see activists in the UK tear down the statue of the monster Edward Colston.
Every statue of every single person who bought, sold, and traded human beings, or fought for the right to do so, should be torn down.
ALL OF THEM.
EVERYWHERE.— Shaun King (@shaunking) June 7, 2020
People in England just tore down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and threw it in the river. The world has simply had it with racism
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