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Source/Further reading:
Britannica. Alex Dumas overview: www.britannica.com/biography/...
Link to The Black Count biography: www.amazon.com/Black-Count-Re...
Vox, the story behind the Count of Monte Cristo: www.vox.com/culture/21404224/...
Harvard Magazine, Dumas’s father: harvardmagazine.com/2012/11/v...
Independent, the role of race in the life of Alexandre Dumas: www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
General Alex Dumas’s military career: www.frenchempire.net/biograph...
NPR on General Dumas: www.npr.org/2012/09/15/160969...
NPR, excerpt from the Black Count book on General Dumas: www.npr.org/books/titles/1608...
LA Review of Books, some good details on France’s attitudes to race in the colonies: lareviewofbooks.org/article/r...
Review of the Black Count, with some details: www.theguardian.com/books/201...
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: www.britannica.com/topic/Decl...