Irish Examiner View: We should not celebrate slavery icon

Historiography is having a moment. We are, once again, trying to make the square-peg past fit the round-hole present.
Irish Examiner View: We should not celebrate slavery icon
Tue, 09 Jun, 2020 - 11:07
Irish Examiner editorial

Protesters throw a statue of Edward Colston into Bristol harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest rally on Sunday. Pic: PA
Protesters throw a statue of Edward Colston into Bristol harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest rally on Sunday. Pic: PA

Historiography is having a moment. We are, once again, trying to make the square-peg past fit the round-hole present.

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