An Oxford University college has decided to keep its statue of a Barbados-born slave owner. All Souls College has dropped the name Christopher Codrington from its library, but has refused to ...

It is the latest in a series of steps taken by the College aimed at acknowledging the legacy of Christopher Codrington, a sugar plantation magnate from Barbados who in 1710 bequeathed part of his ...

Oxford University’s All Souls College has dropped the name Christopher Codrington from its library, but has refused to remove its controversial statue of the Barbados-born slave owner, sparking ...

An Oxford college has removed the name of an 18th century slave trader from its main library but ... All Souls College reviewed its link to Christopher Codrington, a Barbados-born colonial ...

All Souls College, Oxford, houses one of the city's finest libraries, which is named after a former fellow who had strong Caribbean connections. Christopher Codrington was born in Barbados in 1668.

It has also pledged £100,000 to the theological Codrington College in Barbados and has set up three funded graduate studentships at Oxford for students from the Caribbean.

Oxford University’s All Souls College has dropped the name Christopher Codrington from its library, but has refused to remove its controversial statue of the Barbados-born slave owner, sparking ...