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“We deny that it is a crime, or a wrong, to hold slaves, to buy slaves, to keep slaves to their work by flogging...”
- John Mitchel, white supremacist and pro-slavery advocate, honoured in present-day Newry, Co Down, with a prominent statue and two roads named for him. 1/
- John Mitchel, white supremacist and pro-slavery advocate, honoured in present-day Newry, Co Down, with a prominent statue and two roads named for him. 1/
The toppling of the statue of slave-owner Edward Colston in Bristol has helped re-ignite the debate about the rightful place for such statues - atop a pedestal or at the bottom of a river. I'm going to focus on the one in my council area, that of John Mitchel in Newry. 2/
Mitchel wasn't a slave-owner, but was a huge advocate for slavery in the United States, even after its civil war, during which he & his sons fought for the slave-owning Confederacy.
“The Institution of Negro Slavery is a sound, just, wholesome Institution...” - John Mitchel 3/
“The Institution of Negro Slavery is a sound, just, wholesome Institution...” - John Mitchel 3/
