A 19th century portrait of Alexander Dumas (1802-1870) , French author & playwright. He was also known as Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, Alexandre Dumas and Alexandre Dumas père . His works such as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers have been widely translated throughout the world. His aristocratic father was General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, who was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) to parents Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, an African slave. His mother was Marie-Louise Labouret

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
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