#173

#173

Monuments Matter

A Comment on Bristol

By Marie-Louise Jansen • 8 June 2020

Relocation Enslavement Statue #173 Removal

Yesterday, protestors in the English port city of Bristol toppled a statue of an 18th Century slave- trader, dragged the life-size bronze through the streets, and heaved it over a stone embankment into the Bristol harbour. Hundreds of Bristol residents looked on and cheered. (See appended link). The statue’s unauthorized… Read More