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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.
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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 [1].
Sep 15, 2012 · He led armies of thousands in triumph through treacherous territory, from the snows of the Alps to the sands of Egypt, and his true life stories inspired his son, Alexandre Dumas, to write The...
Apr 17, 2023 · The son of a French aristocrat and a Haitian slave, he was born into slavery but taken to Paris and educated like a French noble during the reign of King Louis XVI. When it came time for the French to throw away the monarchy, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was ready to take his place in history.
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).
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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.
