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African slaves

Placeholder for African slaves black plaque

In memory of the countless African men, women and children whose enslavement and exploitation brought so much prosperity to Bristol through the African slave trade. Unveiled on 12 December 1997 during European year against racism. By Ian White Member of the European Parliament for Bristol and Philippa Gregory author of "A Respectable Trade".

Inscription drawn from imported open data, awaiting original TributeLegacy editorial.

Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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  • Open Plaques, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). See openplaques.org.
  • Wikidata, available under the CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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