Editing Scipio Africanus (slave) (section)

=== 2020 Vandalism ===

Sometime between 16 and 17 June 2020 the headstone was smashed in two, with a message left nearby in chalk suggesting that the vandalism was in retaliation for the pulling down of the [[statue of Edward Colston]] by Black Lives Matter protestors, as well as the proposed removal of the gravestone of music hall blackface artist [[G H Elliott]]:<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Enslaved African man's headstone in Bristol vandalised |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-53089528 |work=BBC News|date=18 June 2020|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref><ref name=post>{{cite web |last=Cameron |first=Amanda |title=Headstone of an enslaved African vandalised with message 'look at what you made me do' |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/headstone-enslaved-african-vandalised-message-4238147 |work=Bristol Live |date=18 June 2020|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>

{{quote|Now look at what you made me do. Stop protesting. Leave Elliott’s grave alone. Put Colston’s statue back or things will really heat up.<ref name=post />}}

The memorial was restored and put back in place in 2021.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bristol vandalism: Enslaved African man's grave restored|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-58675980|website=BBC News|date=24 September 2021}}</ref>