An investigation, found that Cambridge University benefited from companies that participated in the trade, as well as from individual benefactors such as Tobias Rustat (statue pictured).
The investigation, carried out by the Legacies of Enslavement Advisory Group, found that the university and its colleges benefited from companies that participated in the trade.
Sonita Alleyne, Jesus College s master, said Rustat s involvement in the slave trade had been very clearly proven and those supporting the plaque s removal would be on the right side of history .
Jesus College had claimed that the memorial to Tobias Rustat was an odious memento of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and was incompatible with the chapel as an inclusive community .
Deputy Chancellor of the Diocese of Ely, David Hodge QC, ruled against Jesus College, saying the memorial should remain in place as a reminder of the imperfection of humans .