The damaged headstone and footstone on the grave of an enslaved African man, in St Mary's churchyard, in Bristol, England, Thursday June 18, 2020.
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LONDON (AP) — British officials said Thursday the grave of an enslaved African man has been vandalized in an apparent “retaliation attack” after protesters in the city of Bristol toppled the statue of a prominent slave trader.
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Police said they have received a report of criminal damage to a monument at Henbury Parish Church.
Casts of the headstone and footstone of an enslaved African man, in the entrance to St Mary’s church, in Bristol, England, Thursday June 18, 2020.
Earlier this month, protesters attending a Black Lives Matter demonstration toppled a bronze statue of Colston from its plinth in Bristol city center.
