Toppled Edward Colston statue in Bristol replaced with Black Lives Matter sculpture at dawn by protesters
THE toppled statue of slave owner Edward Colston was replaced by a sculpture of a Black Lives Matter activist early this morning in Bristol.
Colston was a philanthropist in his native Bristol and upon his death, he bequeathed his wealth to charities.Colston played a key role in running the slave trade from Africa to the Caribbean and America during the late 1600s. Bristol City Council retrieved the statue, which will be displayed in a museum along with placards from the Black Lives Matter protest, from the water on 11 June.The statue of him by sculptor John Cassidy was erected in 1895.
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