Oxford University college defies calls to remove statue of slave owner from its library
An Oxford college has removed the name of an 18th century slave trader from its main library but has defied calls to take down his statue. All Souls College reviewed its link to Christopher Codrington, a Barbados-born colonial governor, in the wake of last year's Black Lives Matter movement. The former college fellow who died in 1710 bequeathed £10,000 to the library which has since been unofficially known as the Codrington Library. All Souls College has removed the name of an 18th century slave trader from its main library but has defied calls to take down his statue A marble statue by E...
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