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1. rarehistoricalphotos.com › albino-black-brothersThe Muse Brothers: How Two Kidnapped Albino African-American ...

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   Sep 7, 2023 · In the early 20th century, a captivating yet heart-wrenching story unfolded, centered around two albino African-American brothers, George and Willie Muse. Their lives took a dramatic turn when they were plucked from a Virginia farm and thrust into the bright lights of the circus world.

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   In the early 20th century, two African-American albino brothers named George and Willie Muse endured a life far from ordinary.

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   Jul 10, 2018 · Two African-American albino brothers, George and Willie Muse, were the grandsons of former slaves and sons of tobacco sharecroppers born in Roanoke, Virginia, in the 1890’s.

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   Oct 18, 2016 · Journalist Beth Macy talks about George and Willie Muse, black albino brothers who were born in the Jim Crow South and were forced to become circus freaks. Her new book, Truevine, retells their...

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   Oct 18, 2016 · Journalist Beth Macy talks about George and Willie Muse, black albino brothers who were born in the Jim Crow South, kidnapped, and forced to become circus freaks.

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   The book tells the story of George and Willie Muse, two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and forced to perform as sideshow attractions because they were albinos. Truevine was released on October 18, 2016 through Little, Brown and Company.

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   Who were George and Willie Muse?

   • Two African-American albino brothers, George and Willie Muse, were the grandsons of former slaves and sons of tobacco sharecroppers born in Roanoke, Virginia, in the 1890’s. Harriett, their mother, brought them up in poverty. The two brothers were kidnapped as boys in Truevine, Virginia, in 1899 by bounty hunters and forced into the circus.

   The Muse Brothers: Two black albinos kidnapped and displayed as freaks

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   Where were the Muse Brothers born?

   • GROSS: So let's talk about the story of the Muse brothers. They were born in a small town near Roanoke, a tobacco farming town and their mother was a sharecropper. Describe the circumstances they were born in. MACY: Sure.

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   How did the Muse Brothers become famous?

   • Their owners showcased the brothers in circuses where they were exploited for profit in so-called freak shows. The Muse Brothers became famous across the United States as “Eko and Iko”, the “White Ecuadorian Cannibals”, the “Sheep Headed Men”, the “Sheep Headed Cannibals”, the “Ministers from Dahomey” and “Ambassadors from Mars”.

   The Muse Brothers: Two black albinos kidnapped and displayed as freaks

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   Why did the Muse Brothers have a lot of health problems?

   • And so the African-Americans, most of whom worked in tobacco, were sharecroppers, and the Muse brothers worked the typical sharecropper's shift which was daylight to dark, which they called can see to can't see or sometimes can to can't for short. GROSS: And the brothers had a lot of health problems because of the albinism.

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   When did the Muse Brothers get a furrow?

   • Their struggles with light sensitivity began so early that by the ages of six and nine, they already had permanent furrows etched into their foreheads. The Muse brothers: Willie (left) and George with showman Al G Barnes, 1918-22. (Photograph courtesy of Josh Meltzer).

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   Did Circus recruiters kidnap Willie & George Muse?

   • The book's title "Truevine" refers to the place in Virginia near Roanoke where the brothers Willie and George Muse grew up. Macy says it's still unclear whether circus recruiters kidnapped the boys in 1899 when they were age 6 and 9 or if there mother Harriet reached a financial agreement with a recruiter.

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9. www.vice.com › en › articleThe Horrifying True Story of the Black Brothers Forced to ...

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   Oct 22, 2016 · In 1899, George and Willie Muse, then nine and six, were abducted from Truevine, Virginia, and forced into the circus. The brothers were both albinos born of African-American parents at a time in...