Statues and Memorials

There are various statues and memorials with links to historical figures who each had different links to the slave trade.

The following statues, memorials and tombs are directly or indirectly linked with the slave trade or colonialism

Tomb of Capt. William Bligh, St. Mary’s, Churchyard, Lambeth Rd, 

Bligh transported breadfruit from the Pacific to the Caribbean, which became a staple food for those labouring on slave plantations. Subsequently admiral and governor of New South Wales.

St. Paul’s Church, Clapham

• A plaque commemorates William Hewer, private trader, investor and governor of the East India Company.
• The church graveyard contains the tomb of George and Elizabeth Hibbert, plantation owners.

Howland House, Leigham Avenue, Streatham

Commemorates John and Elizabeth Howland, director of the East India Company.

Memorial to John Massingberd, St. Leonard’s Church, Streatham

Commemorates John Massingberd, Treasurer of the East India Company.

St. Thomas’ Hospital, South Bank

• A statue commemorates Charles Murchison, medic to the East India Company.
• A statue commemorates Robert Clayton, president of the hospital, Lord Mayor of London and banker with involvement in the Royal Africa Company, who were directly involved in the slave trade