Sculpture of protester mounted in place of toppled slave trader statue in UK

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Entitled ‘A Surge of Power’ by artist Marc Quinn, the statue was put in place early on Wednesday without the knowledge of the Bristol city council

Statue of Black Lives Matter protester placed on Colston Plinth In Bristol, England, July 15: Picture: MATTHEW HORWOOD/GETTY IMAGES.A statue of a slave trader removed by antiracism protesters in Britain in June was replaced early on Wednesday — without permission — with a sculpture of a black woman who helped pull it down.

Reid was at the early morning unveiling and told The Guardian newspaper that it was “just incredible”.The local authority had said any decision to replace the Colston statue would be taken democratically. Colston was a 17th century slave trader and Tory MP whose company forcibly moved large numbers of West Africans.

 

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