Why are slave traders still being commemorated? | Letters

Readers respond to an article by Robert Beckford in which he argues that a plaque on a statue cannot cover mass murderRobert Beckford writes about the decision to keep a statue of William Beckford, a former master of the Ironmongers’ Company, on display in the Guildhall in London (A plaque on a statue can’t cover a cruel slave trader’s mass murder. My ancestors deserve better, 19 September).The Ironmongers’ Company commemorates another enslaver, Sir Robert Geffrye, whose