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A gripping tale of revolution, race, and empire, complete with sword fights, romance, and betrayal. The life of France’s first Black general, Thomas-Alexandr...
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If all this sounds a bit like the plot of a nineteenth-century novel, that’s because the life of Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie—who took his slave mother’s surname when he enlisted, becoming simply “Alexandre (Alex) Dumas”—inspired some of the most popular novels ever written.
Aug 5, 2024 · Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was a French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Dumas’s mother, Marie-Cessette Dumas, was a Black enslaved woman. His father, Alexandre-Antoine Davy, was a white Frenchman. Although later writers—including his son, the novelist Alexandre
Dec 11, 2023 · Alexandre Dumas’ father, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, was born in 1762 in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now known as Haiti). His parents had two daughters, and his mother also had an older daughter from before she had been bought by Alexandre Antoine.
Apr 17, 2023 · Thomas-Alexandre Dumas portrait by Guillaume Guillon-Lethière, c. 1797. Napoleon wasn’t thrilled with Dumas, and his disdain had nothing to do with performance. Wherever Dumas went, his battlefield reputation preceded him and earned him the adulation of his troops and civilians alike. He was taking some of Napoleon’s glory. Still Napoleon ...
General Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie, also known as Alexandre Dumas, (25 March 1762 – 26 February 1806) was the famous African European general in French history and remains the highest-ranking person of color of all time in a continental European army.[1] He was the first person of color in the French military to become brigadier general, the first to become divisional general, and the ...
Mar 25, 2019 · On March 25, 1762, Thomas Alexandre Dumas was born. Dumas was the Father of the famous French author Alexandre Dumas [] and the first black General in the French army.The story of his life should become the blueprint for his son’s most famous novels ‘ The Count of Monte Christo ‘ and ‘ The Three Musketeers ‘.
