Bristol slave trade
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Bristol, a port city in the South West of England, on the banks of the River Avon, has been an important location for maritime trade for centuries.
Statue of slave trader Edward Colston, formerly in The Centre, Bristol, erected in 1895, toppled in 2020
Stowage of a British slave ship, Brookes (1788)
The Southwell frigate, a Bristol slaver
"Am I not a woman and a sister?" antislavery medallion from the late 18th century
Edward Colston
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Edward Colston was an English merchant, slave trader, philanthropist and Tory Member of Parliament.
Bristol slave trade
…and Colston Primary School (since renamed to Bristol Beacon, Montpelier High School, and Cotham Gardens Primary School respectively) were named after Edward Colston, Bristol's most famous philanthropist, a Bristol-born slave trader, senior manager of the Royal African Company and member of the Society of Merchant…
Jonathan Richardson Portrait of Edward Colston
Colston's Almshouses
Cromwell House, Mortlake, west London, where Colston died in 1721. He was buried in Bristol.
Engraving of Colston's monument in All Saints' Church, Bristol from Bristol Past and Present (1882)