Having been raised in Bristol I would be interested in what those that carried out the destruction of Colston's statue would wish to see executed against the many other locations in the city named in association with the slave trade.
In the above, there is Guinea Street, Jamaica Street, Buchanans Wharf, Colston avenue and many more all associated with that horrendous trade.
There are also all the large houses and mansions in the Clifton area of the city that were built and lived in by the members of "Bristol Merchant Adventurers". Those persons were the owners of the ships that carried all who were to be enslaved to the West Indies or the "New World". Do those that illegally pulled down the statue wish to see the names of all those streets and places changed causing chaos in the city centre.
Do they also wish to see all those large houses and mansions pulled down as many of then are still named after their original owners???
Would they also wish to witness all the large Houses and Mansions in Clevedon North Somerset also pulled down as those residences were the weekend retreats of the Bristol Merchant Adventurers?????
Slavery is and was very much part of Bristol's history, and what happens to one statue and one plinth cannot in any way abolish that history.
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