The statues were toppled. What happens to them now? - The Virginian-Pilot - Virginian-Pilot

The statues were toppled. What happens to them now? - The Virginian-Pilot - Virginian-Pilot


The statues were toppled. What happens to them now? - The Virginian-Pilot - Virginian-Pilot

Posted: 16 Jun 2020 12:00 AM PDT

Since June 11, when a British monument to the 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston was toppled by protesters and tossed into the harbor in Bristol, England, dozens of statues of historical figures associated with colonialism and slavery have been pulled down, beheaded, scorched or removed from their plinths — in Britain, Belgium, New Zealand and the United States.

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