- Convenor:
- Ros Martin
- Attendees:
- Jude Merrill, Kate Hartock, Tom Marshman, Alice Baynham, Sakia Portway, Michael Jones, Jacky Puzey, Saikat Ahamed
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On Mon 27 July 2009 at 3:47 pm Rob Egginton said…
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From the notes, I think I get the point - Colston was a slaver and so we shouldn’t be remembering his good works as a benefactor who built schools, alms-houses etc. WITHOUT also letting people know that he was a slaver.
I assume, as there is little information about a boycott, that this was seen as an over-reaction that would punish performers and the arts?
So the question is should the hall be renamed so as to rob someone who traded in humans as commodities of an ill-gotten place in history. Is that a fair summary?
If so (and if the answer is yes) what remains is how to effect that change.
An interesting argument on the other side of the issue is whether someone who did not consider slaving to be wrong but did spend a lot of time and money on public works should be entirely vilified.
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