Edward Colston
Banksy creates T-shirt to help statue-toppling defendants
Hundreds of people lined up on Dec. 11 in the English city of Bristol to get the latest work by elusive street artist Banksy, a T-shirt created to help four defendants charged over the toppling of a local statue of a slave trader.
Many Statues Are Being Pulled Down After Black Lives Matter Protests
Dozens more controversial statues face being pulled down after councils vowed to review their monuments following a series of Black Lives Matter protests.
Two slave trader statues have been pulled down in recent days - one by campaigners at an anti-racism protest and another with the approval of a local authority following a petition.
Slave trader's statue torn down in UK amid global inequality protests
A statue to a 17th century British slave trader was torn down on June 7 during an anti-racism protest in Bristol in southwest England amid calls for other historic reminders of the slave trade to be removed.