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Source/Further reading:

Britannica. Alex Dumas overview: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexandre-Dumas-French-general

Link to The Black Count biography: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Count-Revolution-Betrayal-Cristo/dp/0307382478

Vox, the story behind the Count of Monte Cristo: https://www.vox.com/culture/21404224/alexandre-dumas-google-doodle-count-of-monte-cristo

Harvard Magazine, Dumas’s father: https://harvardmagazine.com/2012/11/vita-alexandre-dumas

Independent, the role of race in the life of Alexandre Dumas: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/role-race-life-and-literature-alexandre-dumas-episode-inspired-man-behind-musketeers-9065506.html

General Alex Dumas’s military career: https://www.frenchempire.net/biographies/dumas2/

NPR on General Dumas: https://www.npr.org/2012/09/15/160969342/the-black-count-a-hero-on-the-field-and-the-page

NPR, excerpt from the Black Count book on General Dumas: https://www.npr.org/books/titles/160893276/the-black-count-glory-revolution-betrayal-and-the-real-count-of-monte-cristo#excerpt

LA Review of Books, some good details on France’s attitudes to race in the colonies: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/romantic-history-betrayal-and-revolution-dumas-grandpere/

Review of the Black Count, with some details: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/28/black-count-tom-reiss-review

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-the-Rights-of-Man-and-of-the-Citizen