Talk:They Came/@comment-24869113-20140614174259/@comment-31077845-20170215202056

Yeah, person, they're a mixed race couple who's being lynched.

That would be what actually made this story imo; the horrible fact that if you discount the ghost thing, this could be a 100% factual account. Of course really back then the best idea for a black man who was discovered to be with a white woman would be to run while you had the chance and go someplace where people hopefully didn't recognize you, but if the two people cared about each other enough that they refused to part ways they'd stand almost no chance. There would be pretty much nowhere they could go where people would be accepting. I guess if they made it to the more progressive northern states they may not have to worry about being outright killed by a mob, but they'd still constantly have to be looking over their shoulder and would almost certainly be treated like second class citizens.