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BRISTOL & LIVERPOOL: A TALE OF TWO CITIES

BRISTOL & LIVERPOOL: A TALE OF TWO CITIES

They both served the nation well, in peace and in war.Problematical is that both ports are tainted with the legacy of slavery.In Bristol’s case this was all too apparent in June 2020 when a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest removed the statue of Sir Edward Colston, a 17th century merchant and slave trader. The statue was seen as an anachronism in a city increasingly…

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