Tommy Tainant
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BLM protesters topple statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston
Statue that had long been a focal point of local anger rolled down to harbour and pushed into the water
www.theguardian.com
Colston’s company transported more than 100,000 slaves from West Africa to the Caribbean and the Americas between 1672 and 1689, cramming them into ships to maximise profit.
The slaves, including women and children, were branded on the chest with the company’s initials, RAC. Unhygienic conditions, dehydration, dysentery and scurvy killed more than 20,000 during the crossings and their bodies were thrown overboard.
Fantastic stuff. Hope that it is just the start.