Native American figurehead, St Augustine's Parade
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Native American figurehead, St Augustine's Parade
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 12 Apr 2008
Next to the Westend theatre and right above The Horn and Trumpet pub, stands this figure which I first took for an ancient Scottish Pict.In fact it's a reminder that Bristol's prosperity was founded, via oppression and slavery, on tobacco and sugar from the New World. See http://www.schmap.com/bristol/tours_tour4/#r=none&mapview=Map&tab=Text&topleft=51.57216,-2.66384&bottomright=51.40606,-2.56737&i=none
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Image Location
Latitude
51.453101
Longitude
-2.598635