Changing history and venerating slave owners who abused people is two different things, Bonzo. Todays history is telling us that when these statues were erected people believed that people such as Colson were heroes. Tomorrows history will tell us that we, the people of today, did not accept that they were heroes but villains instead.

How many statues of Adolph Hitler are still standing? None as far as I know. It doesn't alter the fact that he existed but no one celebrates that fact.