Edward Colston
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Edward Colston was an English merchant, slave trader, philanthropist and Tory Member of Parliament.
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)
Statue of Edward Colston
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The statue of Edward Colston is a bronze statue of Bristol-born merchant and transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston. It was created in 1895 by the Irish sculptor John Cassidy and was formerly situa
Edward Colston
…supported and endowed schools and other public institutions in Bristol, London and elsewhere. His name was widely commemorated in Bristol landmarks, and a statue of him was erected in 1895. With growing awareness and disapproval in the late 20th century of his involvement in Britain's slave trade, there were protests…
The statue in 2019
Detail of one of the dolphins
Irish sculptor John Cassidy
Art installation, showing figures representing slaves on a ship, during Anti-Slavery Day 2018