All in the name: UK school to end 311-year slave trader link

By PAN PYLAS
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — A 311-year-old school in southwest England named after the slave trader Edward Colston is to change its name following a wide-ranging consultation. The governors of the fee-paying Colston’s School, which was set up in 1710 in Bristol, said Monday that the school will be renamed next summer, and current and former students, parents and staff will all have a say in the choice. They said the protests in Bristol in June 2020, which saw Colston’s statue in the city toppled, prompted renewed questions over keeping his name across the city in western England. Colston, born in 1636 to a wealthy merchant family, was prominently involved in England’s sole official slaving company.