The Mccoys, Conjoined Twins, 1855
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The Mccoys, Conjoined Twins, 1855
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Entitled Remarkable human phenomena! The African twins, Christina and Milly, are now on view, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1855. Millie McCoy and Christine McCoy (July 11, 1851 - October 8, 1912) were American conjoined twins. Born into slavery, they were sold to a showman, J.P. Smith, at birth, but were soon kidnapped by a rival showman. The kidnapper fled to England, but was thwarted because England had already banned slavery. Smith traveled to England to collect the girls and brought with him their mother, Monimia. Smith taught them to speak five languages, play music, and sing. For the rest of the century the twins enjoyed a successful career as "The Two-Headed Nightingale". They died, 17 hours apart, of tuberculosis.
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