Remove all Statues of Slave Traders in the UK

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Statues do not teach history. Statues - quite literally - place figures on pedestals. To place a historical figure on a pedestal is to portray them as heroes - as people worthy of respect. For slave traders, this is simply not the case.

The UK must not shy from our colonial history. We cannot forget the atrocities commited; we cannot forget the role we played in the slave trade. However, we must stop placing slave traders in positions which portary them as worthy of respect.

A similar petition received over 100,000 signatures on change.org. I hope that it can gain some traction on here too.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

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Create an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal: Create an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal

Timeline

11 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jun 2020

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