The Wills family were neither slaveowners nor slave-traders. The records of all 2,114 known Bristol slave-trading voyages do not mention the name 'Wills'. No members of the family claimed compensation ...

A “historic” public debate marking the start of city-wide discussions on slavery reparations has been launched. Panellist, Jendayi Serwah, said Bristol’s Conversation on Race and Reparations ...

Calls to lobby the prime minister for action over slavery reparations have not been heard properly by Bristol's mayor, a city councillor has claimed. Cleo Lake wants a commission to be set up to ...

The University of Bristol said: 'The book of learning which ... will aim to present the historical links to slavery of the university's founders, and build on a number of initiatives the ...

Colston was a 17th century merchant who made his fortune from involvement in the slave trade. In 2020, Colston's statue was pulled down and thrown in Bristol harbour as a part of a Black Lives ...