#BlackLivesMatter #AntiRacist activists dumped a statue of #SlaveTrader #EdwardColston into the harbour of #Bristol, England, on #ThisDayInHistory in 2020. That the city had long honoured a man whose company had enslaved 100,000 West Africans was the real crime; this was justice.”
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#BlackLivesMatter #AntiRacist activists dumped a statue of #SlaveTrader #EdwardColston into the harbour of #Bristol, England, on #ThisDayInHistory in 2020. That the city had long ho...
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June 8, 2026 at 2:36 AM
#BlackLivesMatter #AntiRacist activists dumped a statue of #SlaveTrader #EdwardColston into the harbour of #Bristol, England, on #ThisDayInHistory in 2020. That the city had long honoured a man whose company had enslaved 100,000 West Africans was the real crime; this was justice.”
Special commission #StainedGlassSunday replacement of #EdwardColston #memorial #StMaryRedcliffe #Bristol
November 26, 2023 at 10:19 AM
Special commission #StainedGlassSunday replacement of #EdwardColston #memorial #StMaryRedcliffe #Bristol
Catherine Hall explores the toppling of #EdwardColston, the “disavowal” of history and who is or is not remembered.
🔎 Our #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project offers open-access educational resources, including video lectures, lesson plans and reading lists.
🔎 Our #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project offers open-access educational resources, including video lectures, lesson plans and reading lists.
Legacies of British Slave Ownership - Prof Catherine Hall
For too long the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in 1807 and slavery in the British colonies in the Americas in 1833 have dominated the ways in which B...
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February 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Catherine Hall explores the toppling of #EdwardColston, the “disavowal” of history and who is or is not remembered.
🔎 Our #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project offers open-access educational resources, including video lectures, lesson plans and reading lists.
🔎 Our #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project offers open-access educational resources, including video lectures, lesson plans and reading lists.
In 1895 on #ThisDayInHistory a statue of #SlaveTrader #EdwardColston was unveiled in #Bristol, UK. Despite Colston's ownership of the #RoyalAfricanCompany, which enslaved about 100,000 West Africans, it stayed there until #AntiRacist activists dumped it in the harbour in 2020.
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In 1895 on #ThisDayInHistory a statue of #SlaveTrader #EdwardColston was unveiled in #Bristol, UK. Despite Colston's ownership of the #RoyalAfricanCompany, which enslaved about 100,000 West Africans, it stayed there until #AntiRacist activists dumped it in the harbour in 2020.
Kind words from DJ Rick Stuart when he played The Felling on his radio show #EdwardColston
July 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Kind words from DJ Rick Stuart when he played The Felling on his radio show #EdwardColston
Happy anniversary to whoever made this. Gave me such a laugh five years ago 🫶 #edwardcolston #resist #socialistsaturday #socialisteveryday
June 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Happy anniversary to whoever made this. Gave me such a laugh five years ago 🫶 #edwardcolston #resist #socialistsaturday #socialisteveryday
#BlackLivesMatter #AntiRacist activists dumped a statue of #SlaveTrader #EdwardColston into the harbour of #Bristol, England, on #ThisDayInHistory in 2020. That the city had long honoured a man whose company had enslaved 100,000 West Africans was the real crime; this was justice.
June 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
#BlackLivesMatter #AntiRacist activists dumped a statue of #SlaveTrader #EdwardColston into the harbour of #Bristol, England, on #ThisDayInHistory in 2020. That the city had long honoured a man whose company had enslaved 100,000 West Africans was the real crime; this was justice.
Five years 2 the day since activists in Bristol threw ropes around the bronze statue of slave trader, #EdwardColston & pulled it from the plinth where it'd stood since 1895. I’ve released new song & video 2day. Headphone listening recommended youtu.be/LtUvDLBR71k
Flaene - The Felling (Official Video)
YouTube video by flaene
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June 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Five years 2 the day since activists in Bristol threw ropes around the bronze statue of slave trader, #EdwardColston & pulled it from the plinth where it'd stood since 1895. I’ve released new song & video 2day. Headphone listening recommended youtu.be/LtUvDLBR71k
#Slavery and estate #gardening are connected.
Edward Colston’s damaged statue was revealed in a display in Bristol, in 2024. At the time, your green podcaster Ivonne Smit was cited in the Sunday Times about this topic.
She now recommends a recent @historyextra.bsky.social show about #EdwardColston.
Edward Colston’s damaged statue was revealed in a display in Bristol, in 2024. At the time, your green podcaster Ivonne Smit was cited in the Sunday Times about this topic.
She now recommends a recent @historyextra.bsky.social show about #EdwardColston.
Edward Colston: life of the week
HistoryExtra podcast · Episode
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July 25, 2026 at 10:06 AM
#Slavery and estate #gardening are connected.
Edward Colston’s damaged statue was revealed in a display in Bristol, in 2024. At the time, your green podcaster Ivonne Smit was cited in the Sunday Times about this topic.
She now recommends a recent @historyextra.bsky.social show about #EdwardColston.
Edward Colston’s damaged statue was revealed in a display in Bristol, in 2024. At the time, your green podcaster Ivonne Smit was cited in the Sunday Times about this topic.
She now recommends a recent @historyextra.bsky.social show about #EdwardColston.
Bet there’s some sweaty palms at Merchant Venturer HQ tonight...
Not only was Edward Colston a member, but they continue to enjoy the immense wealth and power they accrued from the slave trade to this day.
#EdwardColston #getinthesea #bristolhistory
Not only was Edward Colston a member, but they continue to enjoy the immense wealth and power they accrued from the slave trade to this day.
#EdwardColston #getinthesea #bristolhistory
November 20, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Bet there’s some sweaty palms at Merchant Venturer HQ tonight...
Not only was Edward Colston a member, but they continue to enjoy the immense wealth and power they accrued from the slave trade to this day.
#EdwardColston #getinthesea #bristolhistory
Not only was Edward Colston a member, but they continue to enjoy the immense wealth and power they accrued from the slave trade to this day.
#EdwardColston #getinthesea #bristolhistory
#Bristol #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloydProtests #slavery
Bronze statue of #EdwardColston pulled down and thrown into the harbour by protesters on Sunday: Prime Minister #BorisJohnson described it as a "criminal act
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
Bronze statue of #EdwardColston pulled down and thrown into the harbour by protesters on Sunday: Prime Minister #BorisJohnson described it as a "criminal act
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
Edward Colston: Bristol slave trader statue 'was an affront'
But the prime minister describes the toppling of Edward Colston's statue as a "criminal act".
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March 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
#Bristol #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloydProtests #slavery
Bronze statue of #EdwardColston pulled down and thrown into the harbour by protesters on Sunday: Prime Minister #BorisJohnson described it as a "criminal act
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
Bronze statue of #EdwardColston pulled down and thrown into the harbour by protesters on Sunday: Prime Minister #BorisJohnson described it as a "criminal act
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
A consultation on the future of All Saints’, Corn Street, in Bristol — believed to be the burial place of the 17th-century slave trader #EdwardColston — “has identified several potential future uses” for the historic building
#churchbuildings #churchnews
#churchbuildings #churchnews
Consultation identifies ‘several potential future uses’ of Bristol church
A CONSULTATION on the future of All Saints’, Corn Street, in Bristol — believed to be the burial place of the 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston — “has identified several potential future uses” for the historic building. The Grade II listed ...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
A consultation on the future of All Saints’, Corn Street, in Bristol — believed to be the burial place of the 17th-century slave trader #EdwardColston — “has identified several potential future uses” for the historic building
#churchbuildings #churchnews
#churchbuildings #churchnews
Keep conversations open. Let’s repect everybody's thoughts in complex social issues, and talk. Podcaster Ivonne Smit is cited in the Sunday Times about her view, one day after a damaged statue of #EdwardColston has been revealed in #Bristol.
Edward Colston: good or bad guy? Or both? - Discutafel
Edward Colston's damaged statue was revealed in a display in M Shed, Bristol. Podcaster Ivonne Smit is cited in the Sunday Times about this topic.
discutafel.nl
March 22, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Keep conversations open. Let’s repect everybody's thoughts in complex social issues, and talk. Podcaster Ivonne Smit is cited in the Sunday Times about her view, one day after a damaged statue of #EdwardColston has been revealed in #Bristol.
Op deze dag in 1636 werd #EdwardColston geboren in Bristol. Hij werd succesvol handelsman, held van het VK. Intussen echter in verband gebracht met #slavernij. In 2020 werd hij in de ban gedaan. Bijna al zijn sporen in de openbare ruimte zijn uitgewist. Ook de vruchten van zijn liefdadigheid.
November 2, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Op deze dag in 1636 werd #EdwardColston geboren in Bristol. Hij werd succesvol handelsman, held van het VK. Intussen echter in verband gebracht met #slavernij. In 2020 werd hij in de ban gedaan. Bijna al zijn sporen in de openbare ruimte zijn uitgewist. Ook de vruchten van zijn liefdadigheid.
June 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New single release for 5th anniversary of the pulling down of a slave trader’s statue. Official video comes out on Sunday June 8th #EdwardColston #edwardcolstonstatue #storysongs #protestsongs
June 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New single release for 5th anniversary of the pulling down of a slave trader’s statue. Official video comes out on Sunday June 8th #EdwardColston #edwardcolstonstatue #storysongs #protestsongs