This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition TAKE DOWN ALL SLAVE TRADER STATUES OR MONUMENTS LINKED TO THE SLAVE TRADE
WE WANT ALL THE STATUES OF SLAVE TRADERS AND MONUMENTS THAT IS LINKED TO THE SLAVE TRADE TO BE TAKEN DOWN AND REPLACED WITH NEW STATUES THAT REPRESENT THE WARRIOR SLAVES WHO BUILT OUR NATION
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WE CANNOT OWE OUR GREAT CITIES TO THE MEN THAT ENSLAVED HUMAN BEINGS AND RECIEVED FREE LABOUR NO. WE OWE OUR GREAT BRITAIN TO ALL THE SLAVES THAT WORKED AND WORKED SOME TO THE DEATH, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO BUILT OUR ECONOMY SO AS SOME KIND OF REPERATION WE NEED TO TAKE DOWN THESE STATUES AND WE NEED TO PUT NEW STATUES OR SCULPTURES UP REPRESENTING THE POOR BUT POWERFUL SLAVES THAT BUILT OUR NATION.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Decisions about individual historical monuments, statues, plaques and street names are a matter for the local authority in which they are located and private landowners, not the UK Government or Parliament.
If you want to raise concerns about a particular historical monument or statue you should contact your local authority about this.
The Local Government Association has published an advice note to help councils work to ensure all sections of the community feel heard by decision-makers and each other: https://www.local.gov.uk/topics/community-safety/statues
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.