UPDATE: Since filming this, the display at the M Shed has ended. The results of the survey conducted there showed that 74% of all respondents wanted the statue kept in a museum, rather than return it to the plinth it once stood on or dispose of it. Preparations are currently underway to move the statue to a permanent exhibition.

@susanwestern6434

Жыл бұрын

It needs a good clean.

@captainchaos3053

8 ай бұрын

I personally think it should be put back. You can't brand a person who did a lot of good for town and community evil because he took part in a legitimate and legal activity that no longer takes place. The world changes but history does not. People should not be so touchy about something that did not directly touch their over privileged lives.

Also you deserve 100x more subs for this type of content bro keep it up 🙏

@TieranFreedman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words mate! Glad you've been enjoying the videos ☺

the amount of effort that goes into these videos is absolutely insane one of the best on youtube

@TieranFreedman

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you're enjoying them!

Great video! But one nitpick, wasn't Glasgow a bigger slave port than London?

@TieranFreedman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I don't think it was, everything I've read indicates that London, Liverpool, and Bristol were the biggest slave ports. Glasgow did handle a lot of the tobacco imported through the Triangular Trade though.

@captainchaos3053

8 ай бұрын

My own research leads me go believe very few slaves passed through any of these ports.

@tomr200199

6 ай бұрын

@@captainchaos3053 Ummm ok... not quite sure what you're trying to say as no one has stated otherwise. The boats were built, funded and run from the Cities, it's where the companies were that were behind the trade. The slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas, so of course practically none passed through British ports.

The slave trade also had a massive impact in S america where more slaves existed than in n america

So of they outlawed you tube tomorrow would it be right to say you are a criminal for taking part? Things need context and perspective. If you committed a crime you go to jail, if you have mental health issues you seek help. If your skin colour is your reason for dropping out of education it's you who has the problem.

Hi. Just wondering, how did you get the license to fly your drone over Bristol. I'd like to do the same if possible.

Good video, glad to see youre almost at 1000 subscribers :]

@TieranFreedman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you liked it! Haha yeah I'm getting there slowly 😁

‘None of us want the same conversations happening in 20 years time…’ truth ❤

We shouldn’t judge history by the standards we presently live by today. In the 18th and 19th centuries slavery wasn’t viewed as we see it today. By ‘White washing’ history we wipe away anything we view as abhorrent and in doing so we forget the lessons society has learnt. We remember the Holocaust for a reason, we should allow Colston to be celebrated for the good he did but add context against the global thinking of that time.

Great stuff. Thank you.

@TieranFreedman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

Where’s the video about the monarchy from the monarchists perspective? I was looking forward to it I’d finally be the completed documentary

@TieranFreedman

Жыл бұрын

Hey, I actually finished editing it a while ago; it's episode 10 of this next series of videos (this one is episode 2), so there will be a bit more of a wait for it to come out. Initially it was going to be part of the last series, but had to be postponed during lockdowns. But there are some exciting stories on the way in the meantime, so keep an eye out😁

My last name is colston because apparently slaves share last names with the captors.

Really great vid and interview. I've lived in Bristol for nearly ten years. Whilst I support the toppling I found it somewhat frustrating. Symbols are one thing but the plinth is surrounded by shops and businesses which rely on modern day slavery and exploitation to make profit. Reparations and redistribution are what I was hoping for. Changing to a system not based on the whims of the elite who's power and wealth is dependent on exploitation, especially of the global south.

@TieranFreedman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! Bristol is a fantastic place to live, I'd definitely consider moving back there. That's a very good point. As Shawn said, I suppose the statue was just something to react to. It might just have been a symbol, but at least it opened a lot of people's eyes to structural issues in society today. I think many people are more aware of the issues you're talking about since we began attempting to address our colonial history, since in a way they are a continuation of what colonial powers like Britain started centuries ago.

@thefirm4606

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s going to take decades unfortunately

@seanjose219

Жыл бұрын

@@thefirm4606 I would prefer something that takes days, like revolution. Other than a leninist revolution I think the best chance is Portuguese style revolution, without allowing a counter revolution to take hold as happened in Portugal in the end sadly.

@derickjude7188

Жыл бұрын

Are you even aware that enslavement goes on now around the world, and in many ways you probably cannot imagine. Getting off on destroying statues and changing names is pure self indulgence. Those involved are not remotely interested in the exploitation going on in areas of great poverty now. Those privileged enough to shout their mouths off about slavery in the past, which let's face it they know nothing about want simply to destroy something and delude themselves they are doing something heroic! Yet they are too cowardly and self absorbed to actually address the appalling slavery which goes on now. Current acts of abuse/enslavement include children and the elderly and sexual enslavement. When are these so called outraged protestors going to address that reality. Too much of a brutal reality for the hypocrites, and a reminder of the material goods they purchase involved poor enslaved people toiling in mines! I won't hold my breath expecting them to riot over actual slavery happening now!

@Bushwacker-mb6hw

10 ай бұрын

@@TieranFreedmanyour not welcome

God bless son rip

God bless shawn doctor in Jesus names ❤

Banksy?

ECL

And the black dudes voice 😂😂

White man came across the sea

Your voice 😂😂

Who were the slave ship owners?

Were there still African slaves in Bristol after 1807?

@coalblack181

4 ай бұрын

Emancipation Proclamation didn't happen until 1863 and STILL slavery didn't officially end bc of a document. The James DeWolf family of RI continued to smuggle slaves to supply the Southern States.

Well you see, judging the past like shoud not be done. Yes they profited off of slavery. But used that money to build schools, houses, etc. Etc. So leave them be, because thats what these statues are honoring. Otherwise you migth as well every single building they did and have a concrete slab.

Black people matter my mums from Kenya 🇰🇪

Sueing the English government European government courts

Stand up to English racists

Awful.

Best thing to ever happen to Bristol legend