{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/326677.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":326677,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Remove all Statues of Slave Traders in the UK","background":"Statues do not teach history. Statues - quite literally - place figures on pedestals. To place a historical figure on a pedestal is to portray them as heroes - as people worthy of respect. For slave traders, this is simply not the case.","additional_details":"The UK must not shy from our colonial history. We cannot forget the atrocities commited; we cannot forget the role we played in the slave trade. However, we must stop placing slave traders in positions which portary them as worthy of respect. \r\n\r\nA similar petition received over 100,000 signatures on change.org. I hope that it can gain some traction on here too.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":13,"created_at":"2020-06-11T20:06:19.995Z","updated_at":"2020-06-22T08:30:56.636Z","rejected_at":"2020-06-22T08:30:56.639Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-06-11T20:44:24.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:\r\n\r\nEncourage and support the removal of memorials that glorify the slave trade: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325449\r\n\r\nCreate an advisory board to review public statues and decide on their removal: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325673"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}