Campaigners and residents continued petitions, research and public education challenging the city’s celebration of Edward Colston. Long before the statue fell, Black-led organizing questioned the way slavery-derived wealth was recast as philanthropy and sought a public memory accountable to descendants of the enslaved.
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Campaigners and residents continued petitions, research and public education challenging the city’s celebration of Edward Colston. Long before the statue fell, Black-led organizing questioned the way slavery-derived wealth was recast as philanthropy and sought a public memory accountable to descendants of the enslaved.
Bristol communities renew the campaign to change Colston’s legacy. Campaigners and residents continued petitions, research and public education challenging the city’s celebration of Edward Colston.
Campaigners and residents continued petitions, research and public education challenging the city’s celebration of Edward Colston. Long before the statue fell, Black-led organizing questioned the way slavery-derived wealth was recast as philanthropy and sought a public memory accountable to descendants of the enslaved.