
Alexandre Dumas
Birthday: 24 July 1802, Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France
Birth Name: Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
His paternal grandparents were Marie Cessete Dumas (a Haitian slave) and Marquis Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie. Antoine disapproved of their son, Thomas-Alexandre, joining the French army under the & ...Show More
To someone who insulted him about his mixed-race background: "It is true. My father was a mulatto, m Show more
To someone who insulted him about his mixed-race background: "It is true. My father was a mulatto, my grandmother was a negress, and my great-grandparents were monkeys. In short, sir, my pedigree begins where yours ends." Hide
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