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A portrait of Welsh slave owner Sir Thomas Picton labelling him a hero has been removed by National Museum Wales.
| 04 Nov 2021
A portrait of Welsh slave owner Sir Thomas Picton labelling him a hero has been removed by National Museum Wales.
Picton, who was born in Haverfordwest in 1758, had long been remembered as the highest-ranking British officer to fall at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
But as governor of Trinidad in the 1790s and early 1800s, he authorised the use of torture on local people, including a 14-year-old girl accused of stealing.
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