Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

Local nameGénéral Dumas
Location17th arrondissement of Paris, France

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie was a French general in Revolutionary France. Along with Toussaint Louverture in Haiti and Abram Petrovich Gannibal in Imperial Russia, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is notable as a man of African descent leading European troops as a general officer. He was the first person of color in the French military to become brigadier general, divisional general, and general-in-chief of a French army. Dumas and Toussaint Louverture were the two highest-ranking officers of sub-Saharan African descent in the West until 1975, when "Chappie" James achieved the equivalent rank of four-star general in the United States Air Force.

Born in Saint-Domingue, Thomas-Alexandre was the son of Marquis Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a slave of African descent. He was born into slavery because of his mother's status, but his father took him to France in 1776 and had him educated.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas-Alexandre_Dumas

Address 14 Place du Général Catroux, Paris 75017, France

Coordinates 48°52'57.755" N 2°18'39.001" E

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