A statue of slave trader Edward Colston that was torn down by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol will be put on public display for people to decide its long-term future. The bronze memorial was pulled from its plinth last June in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in the US, as demonstrators in the UK sought racial equality and a reckoning with Britain’s imperial history. The statue of the 17th-century merchant who made part of his.
The bronze memorial to Edward Colston - the 17th century merchant - had stood in the city since 1895, but was pulled from its plinth during the demonstration on June 7 last year.