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Decision expected on Edward Colston statue plaque

The Local Democracy Reporting Service reports that the proposed wording now reads: “On 13 November 1895, a statue of Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was unveiled here.

“In the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, the celebration of Colston was increasingly challenged given his prominent role in the enslavement of African people.

“On 7 June 2020, the statue was pulled down during Black Lives Matter protests and rolled into the harbour.

“Following consultation with the city in 2021, the statue entered the collections of Bristol City Council’s museums.”

The latest wording removes the words “celebrating him as a city benefactor” from the first sentence, which some members of the committee objected to.


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