A gripping tale of revolution, race, and empire, complete with sword fights, romance, and betrayal. The life of France’s first Black general, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (father of the famed novelist Alexandre Dumas), brings us to Alpine ice cliffs and hostile Egyptian deserts, and features everyone from Louis XVI and Robespierre to Napoleon Bonaparte. This historical documentary aims, most of all, to situate Dumas in that contradictory Age of Revolution, wherein the language of inalienable rights gained prominence during the height of an Atlantic slave trade that subjugated people of African descent.

Chapters:
0:00 Prologue
0:39 Chapter I: The Count
5:07 Chapter II: The Soldier
21:48 Chapter III: The Farthest Lands
27:01 Chapter IV: Trapped

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Heuer, Jennifer. “The One-Drop Rule in Reverse? Interracial Marriages in Napoleonic and Restoration France.” Law and History Review, vol. 27, no. 3, 2009, pp. 515–548., doi:10.1017/s0738248000003898.

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Reiss, Tom. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo. Crown Publishers, 2012.