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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.
5 days ago · 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.
- John G. Gallaher
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 .
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”.
His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, an African slave.
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.
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 ...
