The board was put up to explain Clive of India’s role in colonising the region, after calls for the statue to be taken down completely. Read more:
Robert Clive has not been directly linked to slavery but is widely credited with engineering British colonial rule in IndiaAn information board interpreting the colonial history of Robert Clive, known as Clive of India, has been installed.
The statue, which has stood in Shrewsbury since 1860, became mired in controversy with two petitions organised asking for its removal.Shropshire Council decided to keep the statue but voted for the information board to be installed next to it. The authority received a £7,000 grant for the board with its museum service drafting wording in consultation.Image caption,Debate over his presence followed a wave of anti-racism protests in the UK in 2020 in light of the death of George Floyd, the black American who died in the custody of Minneapolis police.
"The text has been composed by the Shropshire Museums curatorial and interpretative team in consultation with interested parties and has been agreed by Shropshire Council cabinet members," he said. "Prior to the installation beside the statue the information was displayed close by in Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery."
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