Graffiti has appeared on a second statue in the Capital following the Black Lives Matter protests.
Words have been spray-painted on the base of the Robert Dundas statue in Melville Street saying: “Son of slaver Dundas colonialist profiteer”, “George Floyd” and “BLM.”
The statue is one of several across the city to be targeted following the anti-racism protests that took place in Holyrood Park over the weekend where thousands of activists descended on the Capital to show their support for action against racism.
1. Second to be defaced
The Robert Dundas statue is the second of the Melville statues to be defaced in Edinburgh following the Black Lives Matter protest Photo: JPI Media
2. Slave trade links
It is understood this statue has been targeted due to Robert Dundas being a relation of Henry Dundas, a man known for deliberately delaying the abolition of slavery to protect the elite Photo: JPI Media
3. Not the first target
The graffiti on this statue comes after the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square memorialising Henry Dundas was targeted by activists following the protest in Holyrood Park on June 7 Photo: JPI Media
4. Monuments targeted further afield
While the statues of Robert and Henry Dundas have been subject to a stream of graffiti, other statues have been more severely damaged across the country, including the memorial of Edward Colston, a slave trader in Bristol, whose statue was toppled and thrown into a river by BLM activists Photo: JPI Media