Matthew 5, verse 5,

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Oh, this is the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Thank you. No, take it with you. You can have a seat.

In 1813, a statue of Robert Milligan was installed at the West India Docks in London, England. Milligan was a prominent Scottish merchant and ship owner.

He was the driving force behind the construction of the West India docks

and the arrangement of a trade route between England and West India.

Milligan is one of the reasons why prominent chefs and food critics to this day

often claim that the very best curries in the world are tasted in England rather than India.

Because of the import of those spices and the cross-cultural influence that has helped to make London,

statistically speaking, the most diverse city on the planet today.

Milligan statue stood just outside of the Museum of London, which was later

constructed at the entrance to those docks. And for a couple centuries, tourists would walk past

his statue, admiring him as the first among the city's historical figures as they entered

the museum. In June of 2020, a petition was launched to remove the

statue of Milligan that attracted more than 4,000 signatures within just two days.

United Kingdom Labor Councilor Enom Haak described the statue as, quote, an insult to humanity.

Protests erupted outside the museum on June 9th of that year, and before the sun had

set that evening, this statue had been removed.

Why?

Well, because Milligan was a savvy businessman, a well-off developer, and he was a slave

factor, meaning that he traded in cheap goods that were sponsored by India's

cheapest labor, the forced enslavement of human beings. And of course, the curries are so tasty

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