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Yep agreed in the museum.
The thing is that statue was unveiled in 1895, 174 years after Colston died, 70 years after slavery was abolished. It was a pro-Tory, pro-empire piece of propaganda. Most people weren’t into slavery, to assume at some point they were ok with that is a fallacy.
The statue was erected on a point in time closer to today than to his death.
The history to be gathered is that the local Tories wanted to make a stamp in Bristol in 1895
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It will be put in a museum, and I hope they don't repair it so all the dents and damage/graffiti will be visible, making it quite the exhibit.