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schema:articleBody	A statue of a slave trader removed by anti-racism protesters in Britain last month was replaced early on Wednesday -- without permission -- with a sculpture of a black woman who helped pull it down. The new statue, showing Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester Jen Reid with her fist raised, occupies the plinth where the Edward Colston likeness stood before crowds threw it into Bristol harbour in southwest England. Entitled "A Surge of Power" by artist Marc Quinn, the statue was put in place early on Wednesday without the knowledge of Bristol City Council. Reid was at the early morning unveiling and told The Guardian newspaper that it was "just incredible". "This is going to continue the conversation. I can't see it coming down in a hurry," she said. The local authority had said any decision to replace the Colston statue would be taken democratically. Colston's statue had occupied the plinth since 1895 before being taken down by BLM protesters who took to the streets following the killing of African American George Floyd by police in the US city of Minnesota in May. His death helped fuel global protests, including in the UK, where much of the focus of demonstrations has been on Britain's colonial past. Colston was a 17th century slave trader and Tory MP whose company forcibly moved large numbers of West Africans. A native of Bristol, his name is commemorated in many landmarks across the city. The impact of the march in Bristol has seen calls for other statues to be taken down, including that of colonialist Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University's Oriel College. There have also been counter-demonstrations to protect some statues, including one of Winston Churchill in London and founder of the Scout movement Robert Baden-Powell in Poole on England's south coast. Ripples from the Bristol protest have been felt elsewhere in the UK including the south coast city of Brighton and Hove, which has pledged to work towards becoming an "anti-racist city". Quinn's previous works include self-portrait "Self" and a sculpture entitled "Alison Lapper Pregnant", which was displayed in London's Trafalgar Square. dmh/jxb
schema:headline	UK slave trader statue replaced by protester sculpture
schema:mentions	Harbor City status in the United Kingdom Edward Colston Cecil Rhodes Atlantic slave trade Brighton Trafalgar Square Anti-racism Bristol Tory Black Lives Matter The Guardian University of Oxford Winston Churchill African Americans Minnesota Member of parliament England London United Kingdom Marc Quinn Alison Lapper Bristol City Council Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Scouting Oriel College, Oxford Portrait Pedestal Coast City Hove Floyd River
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schema:datePublished	2020-07-15 (xsd:date)
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