A university in the UK is excising a dolphin emblem from its school logo because it belonged to a slave trader who died two centuries before the university was even founded.
The University of Bristol dolphin emblem belonged to Edward Colston, whose wealth derived from the slave trade but eventually was bequeathed to “schools, almshouses, churches and hospitals” in the town of Bristol.
The school’s logo (pictured) was created twenty years ago and is based on Bristol’s 1909 foundational coat of arms, the Independent reports.