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.css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}A new commission examining Bristol’s historical links with slavery in the wake of the Edward Colston statue toppling has met for the first time.
The We are Bristol group was created by mayor Marvin Rees to help the city “better understand its history”.
Prof Tim Cole, the group’s chair, said it was time the city took “a long hard look at its history”.
The commission includes TV presenter and historian David Olusoga, as well as university professors and councillors.
Mr Rees said it was an “important step in helping us all live with difference”.
Mr Cole said its toppling was “very much the departure point” but was “not the sole focus”.
“It does suggest that it is time for the city to take a long hard look at its history and have a period of reckoning and reflection,” he said.
He said he and his fellow commissioners were “doing this for free” and expected it would take a couple of years.
But Mr Steeds questioned the commission’s purpose and objective.
“There’s hundreds and hundreds of specialists books on nearly every aspect of Bristol’s history. I’m at a loss as to exactly what the use of the commission is,” he said.
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