Turns out, pulling a statue down can sometimes teach people a lot more about history than leaving it standing would have.
Seriously, I had never even heard Edward Colston's name before his statue was toppled, rolled through the streets, and dumped into the water at the same docks where his slave ships used to be moored.
He will not be missed. Anyone who claims his statue was of historical importance is fooling themselves.
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Same here, I've been to Bristol many times and probably passed by his statue, but never realized who he was. To be honest, this part of the history was not... very prominently displayed, to put that lightly :)
@kravietz Yeah, I doubt the phrase "slave trader" was on this statue's plaque. Can't imagine why.