(VIDEO) Music Venue Removes Its Slave Trader Name

by | May 4, 2017 | News | 0 comments

Edward Colston was a prominent Bristol Member of Parliament in the UK city but he was also a slave trader at what was one of the busiest slave trade ports in the UK.

Bristol’s most popular music venue bears the man’s name but now with calls from the public the charity that runs the venue has decided to dump the toxic name.

Watch and learn below:

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