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		</div><p>Protesters in England have pulled down the controversial statue of a 17th Century slave trader.</p>
<p>The bronze memorial to Edward Colston situated in Bristol city centre since 1895, was torn down after crowds left College Green.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol pull down a statue of Edward Colston, a 17th-century slave trader.<br />2020, and we still have statues of slave traders&#8230; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a> <a href="https://t.co/K9RjHCqkHd">pic.twitter.com/K9RjHCqkHd</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Prole Star (@TheProleStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheProleStar/status/1269630647116718092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>It had been the subject of an 11,000-strong petition to have it removed.</p>
<p>Images showed crowds rushing to stamp on the statue, which stood in Colston Avenue, before it was rolled along the road and pushed into the harbour.</p>
<p>Earlier, protester John McAllister, 71, tore down black bin bags used to hide the statue to denounce it in front of fellow protesters.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watch the moment a statue of slave trader Edward Colston is thrown into Bristol harbour after being pulled down during the Black Lives Matter protest <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BristolBLM?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BristolBLM</a> <a href="https://t.co/JfUi2fCgjK">pic.twitter.com/JfUi2fCgjK</a></p>
<p>&mdash; ITV News West Country (@itvwestcountry) <a href="https://twitter.com/itvwestcountry/status/1269653534062018563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>He told the PA news agency: “<i>It says ‘erected by the citizens of Bristol, as a memorial to one of the most virtuous and wise sons of this city’.</i></p>
<p><i>“The man was a slave trader. He was generous to Bristol but it was off the back of slavery and it’s absolutely despicable. It’s an insult to the people of Bristol.”</i></p>
<p>According to Historic England, the statue was sculpted by John Cassidy, of Manchester, with an inscription that read “erected by citizens of Bristol as a memorial of one of the most virtuous and wise sons of their city AD 1895”.</p>
<p>Colston’s involvement in the slave trade through the British-based Royal African Company was the source of much of the money which he bestowed in Bristol, the website added.</p>
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