Activists vandalise church in protest against memorial to slave trader

Church nearly 500 years old vandalised by activists in protest against memorial to slave trader that is 'blot on our town'

Church nearly 500 years old vandalised by activists in protest against memorial to slave trader that is 'blot on our town' - Protesters have illegally installed a large blue heritage sign outside a Cornwall church, warning that the place of worship houses a controversial monument to a slave trader

A memorial to a slave trader in Falmouth just got an honest heritage sign

In an act of protest, a group of concerned Falmouth citizens installed a large blue heritage sign on the front of the King Charles the Martyr Church in Falmouth. They put the 1.2 metre sign in place in the early hours of Sunday morning. This was to highlight the presence of a marble memorial within the church that celebrates the life of the Falmouth colonialist slave trader Thomas Corker. Thomas Corker memorial: Falmouth citizens highlight slave…

Activists vandalise church in protest against memorial to slave trader

'The slave trader memorial is a blot on our town'

Fake blue plaque in slave-trader memorial row removed from Falmouth church

A FAKE blue heritage plaque that was hung from King Charles the Martyr, Falmouth, on Sunday in protest at a slave-trader memorial inside the church has been taken down, the diocese of Truro has confirmed. The 1.2 metre sign, designed to resemble t...