List Of Public Statues Of Individuals Linked To The Atlantic Slave Trade
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This is a list of public statues of individuals linked to the Atlantic slave trade.


United Kingdom


Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm

In June 2020 the
Mayor of London The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The current m ...
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Sadiq Khan Sadiq Aman Khan (; born 8 October 1970) is a British politician serving as Mayor of London since 2016. He was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 until 2016. A member of the Labour Party, Khan is on the party's sof ...
, established the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm to "review and improve diversity across London's public realm to ensure the capital's landmarks suitably reflect London's achievements and diversity". Khan said "When you look at the public realm – street names, street squares, murals – not only are there some of slavers that I think should be taken down, and the commission will advise us on that, but actually we don’t have enough representation of people of colour, black people, women, those from the LGBT community." Khan also announced a pledge to create a National Slavery museum or memorial.


Channel Islands


See also

* Atlantic slave trade *
Iconoclasm Iconoclasm (from Greek: grc, εἰκών, lit=figure, icon, translit=eikṓn, label=none + grc, κλάω, lit=to break, translit=kláō, label=none)From grc, εἰκών + κλάω, lit=image-breaking. ''Iconoclasm'' may also be conside ...


References


Further reading

* * {{cite news , title=With its slavery list, the National Trust makes a welcome entry to the 21st century , first=Catherine , last=Bennett , authorlink=Catherine Bennett (journalist) , newspaper=
The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
, date=September 27, 2020 , url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/27/with-its-slavery-list-the-national-trust-makes-a-welcome-entry-to-the-21st-century


External links

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