Jesus College Cambridge: Slave trader's descendant argues college should keep Tobias Rustat memorial Tobias Rustat made his fortune from a slave trading company, and his donations have historically supported Jesus College Cambridge Updated Sign up to FREE email alerts from CambridgeLive - Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice The family of a notorious slave trade investor have criticised plans by a University of Cambridge college to move his memorial. Jesus College has made plans to move a large marble memorial dedicated to Tobias Rustat, a college benefactor who invested in a slave trading company that shipped more slaves to the Americas than any other institution, as well as make changes wherever Rustat is “explicitly celebrated”.