Anger over slave trader pub name
Race equality campaigners are angry after a Devon city centre pub changed its name to honour the 16th Century slave trader John Hawkins.
The Breton Arms has been renamed Hawkins Meeting House, angering the Racial Equality Council based nearby.
Hawkins was a 16th Century shipbuilder, merchant, pirate and slave trader.
The pub's owner says she is celebrating the life of the man who helped his fellow Plymothian Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada.
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The Breton Arms has been renamed Hawkins Meeting House, angering the Racial Equality Council based nearby.
Hawkins was a 16th Century shipbuilder, merchant, pirate and slave trader.
The pub's owner says she is celebrating the life of the man who helped his fellow Plymothian Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada.