The Bank of England has confirmed it will remove the portraits of 11 former governors from its walls who profited from what it labelled the ‘inexcusable’ slave trade and owned a total of nearly 5,000 slaves. The former chiefs at the central bank in London range from Daniel Giles in 1795 who was the co-mortgagee … Read more
Vandals smash two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave and scrawl ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on paving nearby – 10 days after toppling of city’s controversial memorial to 17th century trader The headstones mark the burial place of African slave Scipio Africanus Chalk message in the churchyard suggested the vandalism was in revenge … Read more
Two of Britain’s biggest businesses will donate to projects benefiting ethnic minorities after an academic database highlighted their roles in slavery. Global insurance firm Lloyd’s of London and pub chain Greene King both said they would pay after historical links to slavery were pointed out in a University College London index, The Telegraph reports. Greene … Read more
A review of statues linked to colonialism and the slave trade was announced by town halls last night. All 130 Labour councils said they would examine the ‘appropriateness’ of the monuments in the wake of the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol. London Mayor Sadiq Khan yesterday announced his own review, which will include … Read more
Sadiq Khan has announced he will ‘review and improve’ the diversity of London’s public landmarks and called for the removal of all slave trader statues in the capital. It follows the tearing down of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol over the weekend by Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrators. Last night, some people … Read more
Black Lives Matter protesters have torn down a statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol and dumped it in the harbour – as demonstrations continue to sweep Britain following the death of George Floyd in America. Footage shows demonstrators heaving the metal monument down with ropes before cheering and dancing around it, … Read more
The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade has been revealed as a woman who died in 1940 aged 83. Historians previously believed the last living slave brought to the United States from Africa was a woman called Redoshi Smith, who died in 1937. But now Matilda McCrear has been revealed as the most recent surviving … Read more