Rejected petition Remove all statues and plaques within the U.K. that commemorate the slave trade.

All public commemorations to the slave trade should be taken down. It is important for us to now recognise the blood, sweat and tears of those upon whom this nation was built. It is now time to honour the sacrifices of the slaves, their survivors, families and communities.

More details

In order to redress the legacy of the slave trade and advance the process of reconciliation, a Truth and Reconciliation Tribunal should be commissioned. Part of this reconciliation process would involve removal of any inflammatory commemorations, such as statues and plaques honouring the slave trade.
There has been precedent set in professional sport for a more culturally appropriate name. Examples: NBA - Tri-Cities "Blackhawks" = Atlanta Hawks; MLB - Burlington Indians = Burlington Royals.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Encourage and support the removal of memorials that glorify the slave trade: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325449

Create an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325673

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 8 June 2020
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.