>
>Why isn't there anybody in the US lobbying for a
>slavery museum? It's kind of weird considering how
>many black people there are.
The United States National Slavery Museum is set to open next year in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
>"The National Slavery Museum at Fredericksburg
>is envisioned as the centerpiece of the
>2,100-acre Celebrate Virginia, a commercial,
>recreational and tourism-based project in
>Fredericksburg and adjacent Stafford County."
>The site is " a short drive from where slaves
>first entered this country and the locale of
>several Civil War battles over whether to set them free.."
>–The Washington Post
>
>Former Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder, the
>grandson of slaves and the first elected black
>governor in US history, said the city of
>Fredericksburg was chosen because of the beauty
>of the museum site and its proximity to
>Washington, Interstate 95 and two major airports.
>
>"It’s hard to say that any site hits you like
>this site does," Governor Wilder said of the
>39-acre bluff towering over the Rappahannock
>River where the Museum will be built.
http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/home.asp