Jesus College to appear in front of ecclesiastical court over attempt to relocate memorial to Tobias Rustat
A Cambridge college which became the first institution in the world to return a looted Benin bronze to Nigeria, is to appear before an ecclesiastical court early next year over its attempt to remove a memorial in the college chapel to one of its most significant benefactors because of his links to the slave trade.
Jesus College is seeking to relocate a memorial to Tobias Rustat (1608-1694), an investor with the Royal African Company, which according to one historian shipped more enslaved African women, men and children than any other single institution during the transatlantic slave trade.
