Two young boys went missing from a tobacco farm in Truevine, Virginia, in 1899. George Muse was only six years old and his brother Willie was nine when they vanished while working in the fields. Their mother, Harriett Muse, spent almost 30 years trying to find them.
Both brothers had a condition called albinism. As per The Guardian, this meant their skin was very pale, their hair was white, and their eyes were blue, even though they were African American. They also had another problem with their eyes that made it hard for them to see clearly and made bright light hurt them. This made working outside in the hot sun really tough.
