Monumental oversight – The Article June 21, 2020 by Fulcrum That authorities have been lax about downgrading monuments to historic figures compromised by profiting from the slave trade has incensed members of the public. What has attracted less public notice is the downgrading of some monuments that celebrate the abolition of slavery. It seems odd that our Victorian forebears seem to have been more generous in their estimation of abolitionists than we are. One example is the treatment of the Buxton Memorial Fountain. Benedikt Koehler. The Article 21 June 2020 FulcrumShareTweetShare