Slave trader, Robert Milligan’s statue gifted to the Museum of London

A bronze sculpture of the merchant and slave trader Robert Milligan, that was removed from West India Quay in June 2020, will join the collections of the Museum of London.Born in 1746, Robert Milligan was a prominent British slave trader and the driving force behind the foundation of West India Docks. As a slave trader and manager of his family’s Jamaican sugar plantations, Milligan’s wealth resulted directly from his trade in enslaved people. By the time of his death, he owned 2 sug