Edward Colston: Why toppled statue was hated by many - and other controversial UK monuments

During the course of his involvement, it is estimated it was responsible for shipping 84,000 men, women and children to be slaves in the Caribbean and the Americas - of which more than 19,000 died.

It left out a reference to 12,000 children estimated to have been among those the Royal African Company transported as slaves.Historian Professor Kate Williams said:"The language on the two plaques is radically different. Some people have condemned the actions of protesters in taking matters into their own hands by tearing the statue down before sending it to its current resting place on the seabed of Bristol harbour.

A protest movement called Rhodes Must Fall that was formed at that time continues to campaign for other statues in his honour - including one at Oxford University - to be taken down. Described by historian William Dalrymple as an"unstable sociopath", he is held responsible by many for a series of atrocities along with a revenue system and the forced cultivation of crops that led to the Bengal famine of 1770 - estimated to have killed 10 million people.The subject of one of London's most iconic monuments, the 195ft-tall Nelson's Column, the naval leader is celebrated for his role in defeating French military leader Napoleon.

Tough shit SadiqKhan . U will not be removing any statues. Yesterday was your wake up call. Now resign and let someone who loves Britain and is proud of its history take over. BorisJohnson owns your sorry ass now.

He's going down a dangerous route.

Bit further afield is the China wall up for being demolished anytime soon...

MayorofLondon Who will sit on this Commission?

I suspect he should concentrate on running London rather than launching a culture war, but I suspect his base will love it

Never thought I'd love to see the day where the so called mayor is thinking about deleting history 😕 best stop teaching it in schools then , you don't want to the next generation to learn both sides of the story 🙄

Okay let's through Cromwell's name into the ring.

WTF

This has been boiling away for some time now. I agree racism has no place in any country. Any statues that replicate racism let's dispose of these and learn to respect and live with each other. Let's defeat racism,kill the virus, open the pubs,and bring back footie.🙏🙏🙏🍺🍺🍺

why not do something about current slave traders. those tribal leaders in Africa continue to sell their people, or those they capture . just like half a century ago. europeans do too

Khan seeks to replace monuments with those of famous Muslim Terrorists.

Inevitably the actions of Sadiq Khan and protestors run the risk of inflaming racism.

This is crazy. The people who want to destroy the history of the countries there flocking to. They dont mind benefiting from the NHS social welfare equal rights etc. Why do they come to these countries when they hold us in such contempt.

MayorofLondon

MayorofLondon Khan critical of historical slave owners ? Yet one of history's most monumental slave owner is, Muhammad So what to do with all the mosques ? Knock them down? Convert them into homeless shelters ? Equal rights

MayorofLondon All mosques to be demolished

MayorofLondon I suspect his hidden agenda is racist as he’ll only remove the statues of white people but, hey, let’s see if I’m wrong

Here comes civil war if you SadiqKhan

MayorofLondon Opportunist politics. He's been Mayor for 4 years and never thought to do this

So the entirety of history then? Because all of Britain’s history involved slavery at some point.

Hypocrisy rules

And if these so called 'slavetraders' hadn't gone to some of the countries they visited they would probably be bigger shitholes than they are now!

Looking forward to the progressive bulldozing of Liverpool first

what about mosques

The very nearly ex Mayor of London hides all weekend then comes up with this crap. He has lost the plot. SackSadiq

he is just looking for votes

And this one, his ideology killed millions under communist regimes

Then what? Burning books? Banning history lessons I heard on the news a few mths ago that 1 in 4 people in the UK had mental issues. I never believed a word of it. Now,,,, I'm thinking that was a serious underestimation.

I'm sure he will erect one honouring Osama bin Laden!!

If he's going to take down landmarks that venerate slave traders, he'd better start here:

London is no longer an English city you can't change my mind. what's it called when you replace a native population against their will and then remove their history because the new demographic doesn't like the native's history?

Statues are part of history. For good or bad. They serve as a reminder of how far the country has come or of one persons achievements. People evolve, outlooks evolve, perceptions of the world evolve. Leave all these pieces of history where they stand.

Only because of the Coronavirus pandemic has the London knife crime wave stopped.Khan's record in stopping the killing of young black men has been woeful. Instead of trying to jump on the bandwagon of rewarding thuggery by rewriting history, he should concentrate on the day job.

Give you the boke listening to they two bampots.

Who the Hell does he think he is?

AveryAbrams Gutting their City.

shouldn't be up to that KHAN to touch or REMOVE ANYTHING of BRITISH HISTORY. He's NOT BRITISH!

Wow Gandhi, Cromwell, Gladstone, Churchill will there be any statues left? Meanwhile crime in London rockets well done Khan

Mean while in East London Black kids are still busy stabbing each other.

Might as well demolish the pyramids in Egypt while we're on a roll

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