RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A plan to resurrect a national slavery museum proposed by former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is running into more roadblocks, with demands mounting from creditors.
The company that donated the land for the debt-ridden museum planned for Fredericksburg is asking a U.S. bankruptcy judge to liquidate the museum’s assets, while a storage company is demanding payment for artifacts that were to be displayed in the museum.
These come atop a filing by the city of Fredericksburg opposing the museum’s plan to emerge from $7 million in debt. The city is owned about $250,000 in back taxes.
Wilder proposed the museum to tell the story of the nation’s history of slavery, but donations ran dry.
The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg first reported on the latest filings in the case.
