http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7315998.stm

Why change it? Cobblers I say

As the landlady says at around this time there were many slave traders as this was thought of as the norm in those days. Obviously slavery is wrong but this man did a lot to help Plymouth as in defeating the Spanish alongside Sir Francis Drake. At the end of the day this country is supposed to have freedom of speech and if the landlady wants to rename her pub after this historical figure then she she should be allowed to without any hassle. - FROM AUDRA.