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
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
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 Edward Colston
…The statue of Edward Colston is a bronze statue of Bristol-born merchant and transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston (1636–1721). It was created in 1895 by the Irish sculptor John Cassidy and was formerly situated on a plinth of Portland stone in a…
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