Statue of slave-trader Edward Colston replaced with sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester

The statue of Edward Colston before it is thrown into Bristol harbour Image: PA The statue of Edward Colston before it is thrown into Bristol harbour Image: PA A SCULPTURE OF a Black Lives Matter protester has replaced the toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol.

It was removed amid worldwide protests triggered by the death of George Floyd at the hands of four police officers in the US city of Minneapolis. Reid was photographed standing on the plinth with her fist raised where Colston’s statue stood, and a work depicting the moment was created by the artist Marc Quinn.

Local authorities, who previously said the recovered statue of Colston would be placed in a museum, had not made any plans for the location and are reportedly unaware of the move to install Quinn’s sculpture.

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