UPDATE: The statue of slave trader Robert Milligan has now been removed from West India Quay.

It’s a sad truth that much of our wealth was derived from the slave trade – but this does not have to be celebrated in our public spaces. #BlackLivesMatterpic.twitter.com/ca98capgnQ

— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) June 9, 2020

How interesting. Tell us more about the horrors of the Arab-Muslim slave trade and how black slaves were treated. I’m all ears…. https://t.co/oVipmrSvze

— David Vance (@DVATW) June 10, 2020

The first black actor to ever win an Oscar was just erased pic.twitter.com/5eCLfkB23I

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) June 10, 2020