A statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II, who became ultra-wealthy from the enslavement of Congolese people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was removed by the city of Antwerp in Belgium by iamsternlicht
Now the Colston School and music venue Colston Hall, both named after Edward Colston, a member of the Royal African Company, which transported about 80,000 Africans and sold them into slavery in the Americas, will be renamed, according to theThese statues of white male figures who played key roles in the legacy of racism have been quite controversial around the world for years.
“In the space of 23 years this man killed more than 10 million Congolese without ever having set foot in the Congo," read an online petition to remove every Leopold II statue in Belgium, according toLast week, a confederate soldier was removed in Alexandria, Virginia, by its owner the United Daughters of the Confederacy after it was graffitied by protesters. In Richmond, Virginia, statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Confederate General Robert E.
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