Mixed Experience History Month: Rudolph Lacasie, Albino Circus Star

Rudolph Lucasie was an albino of African descent who made his living as a sideshow act with Barnum's American Museum.  Lucasie and his family--who had white skin and pink eyes but "African" features--worked for Barnum as "living curiousities" for three years beginning in 1857.  Barnum billed the family as "white moors" who slept with their pink eyes wide open.
The family continued to tour throughout the world with other circuses until 1898 when Rudolph and his wife suddenly died.