17th-century slaver Edward Colston in Bristol docks during a Black Lives Matter demo.... But he

someone. Auriol argued the manner in which the statue of the slaver was torn down had been dangerous and

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It was 1921 when the Reverend Henry J Wilkins published a pamphlet in Bristol that would see him shunned by the city he loved.In it, he called for an end to what he labelled the cult of Edward Colston.... This person was not a heroic 17th century merchant prince, the churchman wrote.... It was wrong to idolise him.“ He sort of said, ‘Look, this myth has been built up over the last 60 years and it shouldn’t have’, ” says Dr Roger Ball, co-founder of the Bristol Radical History Group today....

It was 1921 when the Reverend Henry J Wilkins published a pamphlet in Bristol that would see him shunned by the city he loved.In it, he called for an end to what he labelled the cult of Edward Colston.... This person was not a heroic 17th century merchant prince, the churchman wrote.... It was wrong to idolise him.“ He sort of said, ‘Look, this myth has been built up over the last 60 years and it shouldn’t have’, ” says Dr Roger Ball, co-founder of the Bristol Radical History Group today....

Scotland’s first black professor has rejected calls to quit a slavery review after he accused fellow academics of being part of a “ racist gang ”.... “ But they are suggesting I am not competent enough to understand what I’m talking about and I regard that as abuse.“ It may be academic abuse, but I don’t think that’s any different from verbal abuse on the street which someone may regard as racist.... He has a right to take legal action but I will defend myself....

It is the oldest nationally recognised commemoration of slavery’s end. Here’s a brief history of Juneteenth and how it is recognised today. What happened?... The word is a portmanteau of “ June ” and “ nineteenth ”.... Parades, festivals, concerts, family gatherings, church services and other community events are hosted across the US. The Fourth of July – which marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 – is recognised nationwide just a few weeks later....

Those seeking justice should turn their eyes to Brussels( Image: Getty) Current attempts to get Britain to pay “ reparations ” for its slaving past are nothing but grift I'm afraid.... Surely he, and many, many other Brits, should be the recipient of reparations, not paying them!... It was you guys.“ For us the Europeans are not serious....

Edward Colston’s history as a slave trader is “ wholly irrelevant ” to the trial of four protesters accused of toppling his statue, jurors have been told. Rhian Graham, 30, Milo Ponsford, 26, Jake Skuse, 33, and Sage Willoughby, 22, are accused of pulling the Colston statue off a plinth before throwing it into Bristol Harbour during a Black Lives Matter( BLM) demonstration in June last year.On Monday, their trial opened at Bristol Crown Court and jurors were told that whilst Colston, a 17th cent