Fredericksburg plans to sell U.S. Slavery Museum land 
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FREDERICKSBURG (AP) Fredericksburg’s officials are moving forward with efforts to sell the U.S. National Slavery Museum’s land because it still has not paid its city property taxes.
The museum founded by former Gov. Doug Wilder filed for bankruptcy last year to stop the city from selling the land due to taxes that have gone unpaid since ...
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