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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.
May 8, 2024 · 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
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.
A brief biography of the black soldier and writer who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Learn about his rise and fall in the French Revolution, his son's legacy, and his forgotten role in history.
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.
Dec 9, 2007 · Dumas is probably best known for fathering the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas (père). The son of the lesser French nobleman Alexandre-Antoine Davy, Marquis de la Pailleterie, and a black slave woman, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was born on the island of Saint Domingue on March 25, 1762.
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Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was a French Revolutionary War general of mixed-race ancestry born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (today Haiti) who was the highest-ranking black leader in a modern white society until recent times.
