Mayor of London Sadiq Khan tells KayBurley he suspects a commission reviewing London landmarks will recommend the taking down of a number of statues, such as those to slavers.
During the course of his involvement, it is estimated it was responsible for shipping 84,000 men, women and children to be slaves in the Caribbean and the Americas - of which more than 19,000 died.
It left out a reference to 12,000 children estimated to have been among those the Royal African Company transported as slaves.Historian Professor Kate Williams said:"The language on the two plaques is radically different. Some people have condemned the actions of protesters in taking matters into their own hands by tearing the statue down before sending it to its current resting place on the seabed of Bristol harbour.
A protest movement called Rhodes Must Fall that was formed at that time continues to campaign for other statues in his honour - including one at Oxford University - to be taken down. Described by historian William Dalrymple as an"unstable sociopath", he is held responsible by many for a series of atrocities along with a revenue system and the forced cultivation of crops that led to the Bengal famine of 1770 - estimated to have killed 10 million people.The subject of one of London's most iconic monuments, the 195ft-tall Nelson's Column, the naval leader is celebrated for his role in defeating French military leader Napoleon.
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