The idiocy continues unabated.
Read and learn:
The statue in Bristol was of Edward Colston.
Edward Colston (2 November 1636 – 11 October 1721) was an English merchant, philanthropist and
Tory Member of Parliament who was involved in the
Atlantic slave trade.
Colston followed his father in the family business becoming a sea merchant, initially trading in wine, fruits and textiles, mainly in Spain, Portugal and other European ports. By 1680, he became involved in the slave trade as a member of the
Royal African Company, which held a monopoly on the English trade in African slaves. He was deputy governor of the company in 1689–90.
In 1680, Colston became a member of the
Royal African Company, which had held the monopoly in
England on trading along the
west coast of Africa in gold, silver,
ivory and
slaves from 1662. Colston was deputy governor of the company from 1689 to 1690. His association with the company ended in 1692. This company had been set up by
King Charles II and his brother the
Duke of York (later King James II), who was the governor of the company, together with
City of London merchants, and it had many notable investors, including philosopher and physician
John Locke (who later changed his stance on the slave trade) and the diarist
Samuel Pepys.
During Colston's involvement with the Royal African Company from 1680 to 1692 it is estimated that the company transported over 84,000 African men, women and children to the
Caribbean and the rest of the Americas, of whom as many as 19,000 may have died on the journey. The slaves were sold for labour on
tobacco, and, increasingly,
sugar plantations, whose planters considered Africans would be more suited to the conditions than British workers, as the climate resembled the climate of their homeland in West Africa. Enslaved Africans were much less expensive to maintain than
indentured servants or paid
wage labourers from Britain.
Not quite the jolly good chap was he?
Antifa LA, I'm presuming, from what I've read, that's your name now, was anyone a jolly chappie back in the slavery days, but typical looney lefties, you forgot quite a bit of information that shows the good side of Edward Colston.
Don't you find it amazing that the Marxist Communist BLM /Cancel Culture have to go back to the 16 and 17 hundreds to find an excuse to tear down a statue, the BLM idiots weren't even born back then and obviously, like you, know nothing of the history of slave trading, same in your neck of the woods too.
BLM / Antifa / Cancel Culture / Looney Lefty idiots with all their destruction, destroying, burning, looting and murdering aren't such jolly chappies either........are they Antifa LA.
Here's some of the info you accidentally on purpose forgot Antifa LA.
The Black Royals and elite in Africa at the time sold black Africans into slavery for profit, yes profit Antifa LA. One Royal wrote a letter to the British Government begging them not to outlaw slavery as they had a right to make a profit from it.......No one says slavery was good, and it was happening around the world however...who do you think the worst criminals were.......The black Royals selling their people into slavery, or the countries around the world who were buying them..................Food for thought hey Antifa LA.
Philanthropic works
Although it is unknown how much Colston gave to charity, his name permeates Bristol on buildings and landmarks. Colston supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere.
[7][14][15] David Hughson, writing in 1808, described Colston as "the great benefactor of the city of Bristol, who, in his lifetime, expended more than 70,000L. [£] in charitable institutions".
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Edward Colston (1636–1721), MP for
Bristol (1710–1713), was one of this city's greatest benefactors. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in
Bristol, London and elsewhere. Many of his charitable foundations continue. This
statue was erected in 1895 to commemorate his philanthropy.
Bristol Museums has sought to explain the reason for Colston’s statue remaining in the city and
says on its website that “Colston never, as far as we know, traded in enslaved Africans on his own account”.
But it added: “What we do know is that he was an active member of the governing body of the RAC, which traded in enslaved Africans, for 11 years.”
That's right Antifa LA, his statue was erected to commemorate his Philanthropy, and not his slave trading. You and the cuck cancel culture got it wrong cos you don't know your history.
BLM and the cancel culture cucks turn to destroying statues and buildings cos they got nothing else to claim. They also want to destroy countries cultures and the countries themselves...................here's the future scenario, if BLM and cancel culture cucks do manage to destroy a country's history and culture, they'll still be dumb cancel culture cucks cos there'll be nothing to teach'em.........that's how dumb they are.................thankfully, it'll never happen.
Antifa LA, do you think BLM and the cancel culture cucks will try to erase Neanderthal man from history, they also fought each other and took each other as slaves. When do you think BLM and Cancel culture cucks will turn their attention to tearing down the Pyramids and Sphinx, or the hanging gardens of Babylon......what about going to the Arab countries to try and release the slaves there.................do you think it will happen?
Fact is, BLM and the Cancel Culture cucks don't give a damn about black lives, especially as they are also killing other black people and little black girls and babies.
They do like a good old boogie
