Colston’s Girls,set up with money from a slave trader, warns parents that strangers fill engaged pupils in ‘forthright discussions’ A girls’ school set up with money bequeathed by a prominent slave trader has warned its pupils to be on their guard after campaigners confronted youngsters about its history. The headteacher of Colstons Girls’ school in Bristol has written to parents informing them that pupils fill been approached by people wanting to discuss, or “sometimes in a forthright manner”,their links with the 18th-century trader, Edward Colston. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com