The maintenance of this statue of the slave and deputy merchant, which has funded many institutions in Bristol, had been debating for years.
Le Monde with AFP
They had rebuilt the Statue of Edward Colston, a slave dealer from the end of the XVII e century, early June on the margins of a manifestation against racism in Bristol. Three men and a woman, aged 21 to 36, were relaxed Wednesday, January 5 by the British justice.
They had recognized their participation in the facts but had challenged the delicto of their actions and pleaded not guilty for the degradations that were reproached for them.
This bronze statue of Edward Colston had been erected in 1895 in a street that bears its name, in this southwestern city of England to the slavery. The maintenance of this statue of the slave merchant and deputy, who funded many institutions in Bristol, including schools and orphanages, had been debating for years. A cultural center, Colston Hall, and a school for girls, Colston’s Girls’School, have changed names