Who was Edward Colston and why was his statue ripped down in Bristol?

the death of George Floyd, a black man killed in America by a white police officer, tore it down – his statue stood on Colston Avenue.“In some senses his presence [around the city] is a metaphor for how racism operates,” Bristol-based artist, musician and poet Solomon OB says; he was among the local voices who occupied Colston’s empty pedestal to speak on June 7.

A statue of Jefferson Davis was torn down along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night. The statue of the president of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m.

Trafford. But officials say they will review the piece as it works to “tackle the often painful and challenging histories attached to our places and collections”.

The statue of slave trader Edward Colston has been fished out of Bristol Harbour early this morning by the council.Shortly after 6am, Bristol City Council shared video footage of a salvage crew retrieving the smeared figure and said that it is being '"taken to a secure location".They added that the statue needed to be removed to operate the working harbour, and that it will later form part of their museums collection.The bronze memorial was torn down from its plinth at the Black Lives Matter

before the UK lockdown was implemented back in March.A new campaign is now aiming for Jeff to be immortalised in the Bristol venue’s name when it re-opens after a major redevelopment.At present, it is named after Edward Colston, a prominent 17th Century slave trader who has been a controversial figure in the city for many years.The petition, which has been signed by more than 1700 people, calls for the venue to be named ‘Big Jeff Hall’ when it re-opens in 2021 following a £48.8 million

crowd-sourced map, produced by supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement, displays more than 50 statues of historical figures which are said to 'celebrate slavery and racism'.It has gone live days after a statue to former slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol was torn down and dumped in a harbour.There are five monuments to former Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel listed on the map - in Bury, Manchester, Preston, Leeds and Glasgow.

Banksy has suggested that Bristol’s toppled statue of Edward Colston should be replaced with a new monument to commemorate the moment it was pulled down.Last weekend, protesters in Bristol used ropes to pull down the bronze statue of Colston, a prominent 17th Century slave trader who has been a controversial figure in the city for many years.The statue was later dragged through the streets of Bristol and thrown into the harbour.Suggestions on what should occupy the now-empty plinth have since

Massive Attack have welcomed the removal of a statue of Edward Colston by anti-racism protesters in Bristol, saying that it “should never have been a public monument”.Demonstrators who were marching in Bristol on Sunday (June 7) as part of the ongoing protests worldwide following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis made global headlines after a group of protesters pulled down the statue of Colston, a 17th century slave trader, and threw it into the harbour.Massive Attack, who hail from

Manori Ravindran International EditorPrime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken out on the U.K.’s demonstrations following the death of George Floyd in police custody, warning that protesters who attack public property or the police will face “the full force of the law.”Johnson’s speech on Monday came a day after anti-racism protesters in Bristol tore down a controversial bronze statue of 17th-Century slave trader Edward Colston, rolled it through the streets and tossed it into the River Avon — an

The tearing down of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol was a "criminal act", Downing Street has said.The bronze memorial in the College Green area of Bristol had already been the subject of an 11,000-strong petition to have it removed.But during Black Lives Matter protests in the city on Sunday (June 7) demonstrators pulled down the controversial statue of 17th century slave trader before throwing it into the Bristol harbour.Number 10 has no condemned the actions and said issues such as the