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How an English slave trader’s statue became a monument for racial justice

Bristol statue Marc Quinn

London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The statue of a 17th century English slave trader toppled by anti-racism protestors in June was replaced on Wednesday by the sculpture of a Black protester with her fist raised in the air. A monument to Edward Colston, who made a fortune trading West African slaves, was pulled down and pushed in the harbour […]