George and Willie Muse

George and Willie Muse
The Muse Brothers and other "freaks" displayed at the Ringling Brothers Circus.
Born
Truevine, Virginia, United States

George and Willie Muse were a pair of African American brothers from Truevine, Virginia, who were abducted as children in 1899 and exploited as sideshow performers due to their albinism. They were exhibited in traveling circuses for several decades under fabricated identities and sensationalized with dehumanized presentations.

The brothers story was adapted into the non-fiction book Truevine.

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