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$Casts of the headstone and footstone of an enslaved African man, in the entrance to St Marys church, in Bristol, England, Thursday June 18, 2020, where the memorial for an enslaved African man have been vandalised in St Marys churchyard in an apparent \retaliation attack\ following the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston during anti-racist protests held in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in the US.(AP)$ World

Slave's grave vandalized in UK city in apparent retaliation

Authorities presume the attack is in revenge for anti-racism protesters toppling the statue of a prominent slave trader...

19 Jun 2020 11:36 AM IST

Workers prepare to take down a statue of slave owner Robert Milligan at West India Quay, east London. (AP)

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Authorities remove slave trader statue in London

Statues glorifying slave traders and colonialists have come into sharp focus in recent days inspired by the Black Lives...

10 Jun 2020 12:38 PM IST

Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England. (AP)

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UK protesters take down slave trader's statue, dump it in harbour

Protesters also defaced statue of former British PM Winston Churchill, crossing out his last name and painting 'was a...

8 Jun 2020 9:35 AM IST

$Jen Reid poses for photographs in front of the new black resin and steel statue portraying her, entitled \A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020\ by artist Marc Quinn after the statue was put up this morning on the empty plinth of the toppled statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston, which was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, England. (AP)$ World

Statue of Black protester replaces toppled UK slave trader

The statue, titled A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) was erected before dawn on Wednesday without approval from city...

15 July 2020 3:38 PM IST