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Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (French: [tɔmɑ alɛksɑ̃dʁ dymɑ davi də la pajət(ə)ʁi]; known as Thomas-Alexandre Dumas; 25 March 1762 – 26 February 1806) was a Creole general, from the French colony of Saint-Domingue, in Revolutionary France.
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (born March 25, 1762, Saint-Domingue [now Haiti]—died February 26, 1806, Villers-Cotterêts, France) was a French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Dumas’s mother, Marie-Cessette Dumas, was a Black enslaved woman.
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo is a 2012 biography of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas written by Tom Reiss. The book presents the life and career of Dumas as a soldier and officer during the French Revolution , as well as his military service in Italy during the French Revolutionary Wars and ...
Alexandre Dumas [a] (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, [b] 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), [1] [2] also known as Alexandre Dumas père, [c] was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors.
Thomas Alexandre Davy de La Pailleterie, dit le général Dumas, est un général de la Révolution française, né le 25 mars 1762 à Jérémie ( Saint-Domingue, aujourd'hui Haïti) et mort le 26 février 1806 ( 7 ventôse de l'an XIV) à Villers-Cotterêts ( Aisne) 1 .
Dec 9, 2007 · Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was a mulatto born in the French colony of Saint Domingue ( Haiti ). He joined the French Army as a private and rose to the rank of a General during the French Revolution. Dumas is probably best known for fathering the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas (père).
Sep 15, 2012 · Gen. Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was one of the heroes of the French Revolution — but you won't find a statue of him in Paris today.
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.
Feb 13, 2023 · Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was the son of French general Thomas-Alexandre Dumas. Considered one of the greatest French writers, Alexandre Dumas penned numerous stories in the 1800s, famous among them “The Three Musketeers” and “The Count of Monte Cristo”.
Jan 26, 2024 · One of the most under-discussed historical figures present in Ridley Scott’s epic reimagining of Napoleon’s life is General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie.
