{"id":4757,"date":"2020-06-09T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/london-mayor-says-statues-from-bygone-imperial-past-to-be-reviewed\/"},"modified":"2020-06-09T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T17:32:00","slug":"london-mayor-says-statues-from-bygone-imperial-past-to-be-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/london-mayor-says-statues-from-bygone-imperial-past-to-be-reviewed\/","title":{"rendered":"#London mayor says statues from \u2018bygone\u2019 imperial past to be reviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#London mayor says statues from \u2018bygone\u2019 imperial past to be reviewed<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 9, 2020 |<\/span> 1:32pm <\/p>\n

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\n People observe the base of the statue of\u00a0Edward\u00a0Colston, after protesters pulled it down and pushed into the docks, following the death of George Floyd, in Bristol, Britain. <\/span>
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\n LONDON \u2013 London mayor Sadiq Khan has ordered a review of the capital\u2019s statues and street names after the toppling of the statue of an English slave trader by anti-racism protesters triggered a debate about the demons of Britain\u2019s imperial past.<\/p>\n

A statue of Edward Colston, who made a fortune in the 17th century from trading West African slaves, was torn down and thrown into Bristol harbour on Sunday by a group of demonstrators taking part in a wave of protests following the death of George Floyd in the United States.<\/p>\n

Khan said a commission would review statues, plaques and street names which largely reflect the rapid expansion of London\u2019s wealth and power at the height of Britain\u2019s empire in the reign of Queen Victoria.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur capital\u2019s diversity is our greatest strength, yet our statues, road names and public spaces reflect a bygone era,\u201d Khan said. He said some statues would be removed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an uncomfortable truth that our nation and city owes a large part of its wealth to its role in the slave trade and while this is reflected in our public realm, the contribution of many of our communities to life in our capital has been wilfully ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is seen outside Downing Street in London.<\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the biggest deportation in known history, weapons and gunpowder from Europe were swapp<\/a>ed for millions of African slaves who were then shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas. Ships returned to Europe with sugar, cotton and tobacco.<\/p>\n

As many as 17 million African men, women and children were torn from their homes and shackled into one of the world\u2019s most brutal globalized trades between the 15th and 19th centuries. Many died in merciless conditions.<\/p>\n

Those who survived endured a life of subjugation on sugar, tobacco and cotton plantations. Britain abolished the trans-Atlantic slave trade in 1807 although the full abolition of slavery did not follow for another generation.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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