Followed the Rabbit hole down to this fabulous interview with Tom Reiss and the story of Alex Dumas. So incredibly fascinating I was at his tomb in Paris many years ago, but had no idea at that time, who he was. I have always been a huge fan of his work without knowing anything about his heritage and his extraordinary life. Great and compelling interview. Can't wait to get Tom's book! Thank you!
My grandmother Lillian mother was named after her grandmother Colette, Dumas my grandfather Edward Dumas who owned land in Natchitoches always told the family Alexander Dumas and Thomas Alexander Dumas are great great great grandparents I can’t make this up my grandmother mother colette Dumas moved to California she is actually buried in California with my uncle frank we will get are just do rip to the family members who will not have a chance to see this day that we get are just do I get emotional when I talk about this stuff my grandmother 88 years old and before she is gone we will get justice for her Dumas family on god
So much I didn't know...Thank you for posting this video...I had no clue about General Alexander Dumas and his son...I read the book but I had no clue a black man wrote it and it was about his father who was a great black general who fought for France...wow...so much they don't teach you in School..As a black man I feel that we are made to believe black people did nothing to advance this world...very sad when stories like this get suppressed from the public...This was very refreshing! Thank You!
zacksutt alexandre dumas was not a black man also thomas dumas was not a black man, they were creoles. Half of the haitian planters were creoles. His mother was a black african woman that was birn probably in senegal. Dumas great grandson alexandre lippmann was fencing olympian champion. But he is listed in the list of french jewish sportsman. funny isnt it? Also the grandmother of the founder of the french socialists and husband to karl marxens daughter jenny, paul lafargue was an african woman from haiti. Was dumas visibly black is a strange question. Are there still nurenberg laws in america.
They do not want you to know that black ruled Europe right before the Renaissance or rebirth of Europe. They tried to Whitewash all our history. Alexander Dumas is only one exemple. We have many things to learn and many, many to unlearn. Deprograming process is painful. You have to question and reject everything you have learned in this world. Why will your enemy teah you the truth about your greatness. They have stolen our God, making us think he is a white man , when the truth was starring us in the face the whole time. This is why they always say if you want to hide something from black people, put it in a book. Our oppressors, in their misguided pride and arrogance, never expected us to open the books, so they did not take precaution to hide their lies. THE BOOKS ARE BEING OPENED TODAY
@@stephanieduncan9143 I am african from cape verde and I am black light skin like alexandre Dumas ... the more I research History I see if had wrote a book like Dumas I would be white washed because black people cant be seen in history as contributors. Their are several shades of black from darkest to the lightest and creole is just a lighter black person. White washing history must stop
Thank you, for your exciting hard work in uncovering this story! Excellent interview! Plus in your book you mentioned Chevailer St Georges! Really puts historical significance and ties things together! Would really like to know more when you mentioned France First Civil Rights Movement comparison, and even Reconstruction. Bravo!
Thank you and thank you very much Google for this wonderful and real life story. How amazing, I always like watching 'The Three Musketeers' and I thought it was written by a white person. As a Black person I am very happy to know about this discovery.
C’est une honte qu’aucun ecrivain français n’ait pensé à ressusciter cette histoire. Une honte aussi qu’il n’y ait rien à sa memoire (a ma connaissance), une rue, une station de metro ou quoi.
Napoleon was married to a wealthy woman from the planter class of martinique. She hated the slaves and the french revolution because of those rebellions she had to flee back to the motherland, losing her wealth. And she was influential on napoleon, therefore the racial laws. But after 1818 all those racial laws were liquidated. There were no such things like forbidden mixed marriage, or forbidden living areas for persons of african descent after 1818.
I cannot believe we study this book in school and they never ever told as he was black or from black descendants. I am talking about being schooled in Africa !!! I mean wow !
Asians are many shades. Some indians are black like some tribes in tamil nadu or kerala. Some are white in the northern parts. Ghandi was very dark. What she meant was a very american question which has no meaning outside the united states
@@amonduul2154 Asians prefer Whiteness over their complexion light or dark. They have been given a " white pass" card as Lebanese had when their immigration began to the USA in the 1920s. Asian are number one buyers of skin lightening creams and that a sign of self hate from former Colonial masters and the advertising industry . Indonesia is one Asian nation actually destroying all adverts featuring white skinned models and using their own models.
What does the interviewer even mean with visibly black. This differntiation of visibly black and black without much visible african appearance did never exist anywhere except in south africa or the united states. Noone even spent a thought if someone had an african grandfather or some other african distant relative. If you looked white you were white. One of the main colonial generals of the french army in late 19th century was born in senegambia for example. The founder of french socialist party and son in law to karl marx, paul lafargue was of afro carrebean ancestry among others. The idea that even a person of non visible african ancestry having problems has only ever been an american pathology. Anywhere else this would sound crazy.
He was 10 ft tall and there weren't a woman who could resist his charm. He once killed a Grisly bear with his left index finger. And he's right handed.
you don't have to try to make everything about race there... it is a remarkable man, in a foreign land, who had to be acknowledge because he was great. The same could be said for Marco Polo in Mongolia, but his race is not the main focus point there. That all being said, as a Dumas (the novelist) fan, this was a remarkable history lesson, thank you.
Just finished the book. Really sad no French ruler has reinstated General Dumas' statue. May be not this century! In 2022 France is about to choose if it wants a political leader of extremist right wing views. Is France going to choose to ignore equality all over again? And the UK right wing political leader has just announced that (I suspect mostly Black and Brown) refugees will be sent to Rwanda. Dunno how that is going to work!
I think that "race" of white and black was really just something emphasized on with America. I don't think it was really something emphasized on with France.
Quelle idioterie vous propondre dans cette phrase? Connais vous le CODE NOIRE. Stop living in denial, France is was and always be a deep racists country. They have for century been murderers, thieves and liars ( Like all western countries).
What is this historian talking about. There was no cilvil rights case. The low profile racism was not only in france, but everyehere in europe. German, austria, russian empire, spain etc. This was not a topic until 1820, 1830... A precursor? Of what. The highest colonial french officer in 1900 was born in senegambia, and looked similar to colin powell. Also something the author does not seem to know. The author surrogates about a european history of racism that in fact did not exist, and only started to develop after the british empire and its successor the united states began to rule the world in mid 19.th century. And this trend was exported to continental europe, insofar that around 1900 being of african descent became a huge stigma. But only thanks to angloamerican rule.
@@NyxBorn7080 Also in Poland, there was a person of at leaat a bit african descent general in the polish army, born 1762. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Franciszek_Jab%C5%82onowski
Thomas dumas was not black, he was a french creole of partly african descent. And he was not a black man in a white society, because there were a lot of officers or artists etc. of african descent in those days. Also the music teacher of marie antoinette who was even more famous in paris than dumas. Passing was irrelevant, the only thing relevant was if someons was of noble ancestry. Passing is an american invention.
Michaelle Alexandre even if some white people in country whith a white majority called mixed people black, they are called white in countries with black majority, they are 50 percent white and 50 percent black
Michaelle Alexandre and ? Mix people in Africa are said To be white , i know it because my father is half black, half white and he lived in France and Senegal
I just recently completed reading the Black Count. Great book. I loved it.
Followed the Rabbit hole down to this fabulous interview with Tom Reiss and the story of Alex Dumas. So incredibly fascinating I was at his tomb in Paris many years ago, but had no idea at that time, who he was. I have always been a huge fan of his work without knowing anything about his heritage and his extraordinary life. Great and compelling interview. Can't wait to get Tom's book! Thank you!
My grandmother Lillian mother was named after her grandmother Colette, Dumas my grandfather Edward Dumas who owned land in Natchitoches always told the family Alexander Dumas and Thomas Alexander Dumas are great great great grandparents I can’t make this up my grandmother mother colette Dumas moved to California she is actually buried in California with my uncle frank we will get are just do rip to the family members who will not have a chance to see this day that we get are just do I get emotional when I talk about this stuff my grandmother 88 years old and before she is gone we will get justice for her Dumas family on god
You're welcome. Thanks for watching the video and I hope you'll watch more and subscribe to the channel. Cheers, Mimi
Read the book a movie would be spectacular what a life of a man who history tried to forget. Thank you Tom!
So much I didn't know...Thank you for posting this video...I had no clue about General Alexander Dumas and his son...I read the book but I had no clue a black man wrote it and it was about his father who was a great black general who fought for France...wow...so much they don't teach you in School..As a black man I feel that we are made to believe black people did nothing to advance this world...very sad when stories like this get suppressed from the public...This was very refreshing! Thank You!
zacksutt
alexandre dumas was not a black man also thomas dumas was not a black man, they were creoles. Half of the haitian planters were creoles. His mother was a black african woman that was birn probably in senegal.
Dumas great grandson alexandre lippmann was fencing olympian champion. But he is listed in the list of french jewish sportsman. funny isnt it?
Also the grandmother of the founder of the french socialists and husband to karl marxens daughter jenny, paul lafargue was an african woman from haiti.
Was dumas visibly black is a strange question. Are there still nurenberg laws in america.
They do not want you to know that black ruled Europe right before the Renaissance or rebirth of Europe. They tried to Whitewash all our history. Alexander Dumas is only one exemple. We have many things to learn and many, many to unlearn. Deprograming process is painful. You have to question and reject everything you have learned in this world. Why will your enemy teah you the truth about your greatness.
They have stolen our God, making us think he is a white man , when the truth was starring us in the face the whole time.
This is why they always say if you want to hide something from black people, put it in a book. Our oppressors, in their misguided pride and arrogance, never expected us to open the books, so they did not take precaution to hide their lies.
THE BOOKS ARE BEING OPENED TODAY
@@amonduul2154 black is black. Hey how about he had melane and was pale😵😵😵😵
@@edith73731 EXACTLY. Like this dummy on here saying he wasn't black but creole. Honey history said he had a black,slave momma. Get over yourself.
@@stephanieduncan9143 I am african from cape verde and I am black light skin like alexandre Dumas ... the more I research History I see if had wrote a book like Dumas I would be white washed because black people cant be seen in history as contributors. Their are several shades of black from darkest to the lightest and creole is just a lighter black person. White washing history must stop
Amazing interview.
Thank you, for your exciting hard work in uncovering this story! Excellent interview! Plus in your book you mentioned Chevailer St Georges! Really puts historical significance and ties things together! Would really like to know more when you mentioned France First Civil Rights Movement comparison, and even Reconstruction. Bravo!
Fantastic interview of which I knew nothing.
Excellent education.
I have the book and it was a fantastic read , totally enjoyable & mesmerizing.
Yes it is a GREAT read.
@@NDR-hn3ue Thank you .
Well done Mimi. I am a Dumas fan so I am searching for this book right now!!
Great stuff, well researched, not sensationalised, and great props to Reiss. Super interesting interview, I'll be looking for the book!
Mimi Geerges; great and valuable interview. Thank you!
Nobody in France heard about that story... Bravo for the book, I am just starting reading it. Merci beaucoup...
Really enjoyed this interview........ doing a book review on this book, and this helps give me a little better insight....
What an amazing story, and this all influenced his son's books
Thank you and thank you very much Google for this wonderful and real life story. How amazing, I always like watching 'The Three Musketeers' and I thought it was written by a white person. As a Black person I am very happy to know about this discovery.
Great show and great book
I loved the book, black count.
I just get into this book completely. It's really outstanding.
I am a descendant of Dumas. Thank you Tom Reiss. I have read your book and enjoyed it.
C’est une honte qu’aucun ecrivain français n’ait pensé à ressusciter cette histoire. Une honte aussi qu’il n’y ait rien à sa memoire (a ma connaissance), une rue, une station de metro ou quoi.
Lippmann?
@@mariamartins367There was a statue, but it was knocked down by the Nazi’s
Don't you love the part about the safe?
Mimi Geerges yes hilarious 😁
Napoleon was married to a wealthy woman from the planter class of martinique. She hated the slaves and the french revolution because of those rebellions she had to flee back to the motherland, losing her wealth. And she was influential on napoleon, therefore the racial laws.
But after 1818 all those racial laws were liquidated. There were no such things like forbidden mixed marriage, or forbidden living areas for persons of african descent after 1818.
Great book!
I cannot believe we study this book in school and they never ever told as he was black or from black descendants. I am talking about being schooled in Africa !!! I mean wow !
Did he look Black? Madam We Black people are many shades ,with or without a white parent or ancestor . Very insightful interview .
Asians are many shades. Some indians are black like some tribes in tamil nadu or kerala. Some are white in the northern parts. Ghandi was very dark. What she meant was a very american question which has no meaning outside the united states
@@amonduul2154 Asians prefer Whiteness over their complexion light or dark. They have been given a " white pass" card as Lebanese had when their immigration began to the USA in the 1920s. Asian are number one buyers of skin lightening creams and that a sign of self hate from former Colonial masters and the advertising industry . Indonesia is one Asian nation actually destroying all adverts featuring white skinned models and using their own models.
I believe he was like Hoppin’ Bob from “Life”
Tom Reiss has definitely not yet read the book Paekche's Principle The Great Secret of Asia. Somebody must let him get his hands on one ASAP!
What does the interviewer even mean with visibly black. This differntiation of visibly black and black without much visible african
appearance did never exist anywhere except in south africa or the united states.
Noone even spent a thought if someone had an african grandfather or some other african distant relative. If you looked white you were white. One of the main colonial generals of the french army in late 19th century was born in senegambia for example.
The founder of french socialist party and son in law to karl marx, paul lafargue was of afro carrebean ancestry among others.
The idea that even a person of non visible african ancestry having problems has only ever been an american pathology.
Anywhere else this would sound crazy.
He was 10 ft tall and there weren't a woman who could resist his charm. He once killed a Grisly bear with his left index finger. And he's right handed.
There's no stopping this guy.
Only death could stop him, and we're not even sure about that. He might be coming back to settle the score. We should all be looking out for that.
He was also Alexander Pushkin of Russia literature same person look it up thank me later
Wilkipedia says he was born into Russian nobility family, and is the father of modern Russian literature
Moor Moorish I think he just means Pushkin was also half black.
pushkin was a quarter black, some even say an eight black
Ya Pushkin was from black family his grand father was taken from Eritrea by Turkish colonial from Massawa Eritrea
you don't have to try to make everything about race there... it is a remarkable man, in a foreign land, who had to be acknowledge because he was great. The same could be said for Marco Polo in Mongolia, but his race is not the main focus point there.
That all being said, as a Dumas (the novelist) fan, this was a remarkable history lesson, thank you.
Just finished the book. Really sad no French ruler has reinstated General Dumas' statue. May be not this century! In 2022 France is about to choose if it wants a political leader of extremist right wing views. Is France going to choose to ignore equality all over again? And the UK right wing political leader has just announced that (I suspect mostly Black and Brown) refugees will be sent to Rwanda. Dunno how that is going to work!
If Jon Livingston and Patton Oswald had a baby, it would be this guy.
Would Mimi like to tell the story ? Damn
She keeps interrupting her guest to tell the story and hurry him up.
😒
I think that "race" of white and black was really just something emphasized on with America. I don't think it was really something emphasized on with France.
Colorism was never a thing in the French world. Society fault lines was along class lines, the society of orders.
Quelle idioterie vous propondre dans cette phrase? Connais vous le CODE NOIRE. Stop living in denial, France is was and always be a deep racists country. They have for century been murderers, thieves and liars ( Like all western countries).
Was there racism?, ......it’s amazing they had the first civil rights movement lol
The editor cut the most important portions. Disgusting.
True.
Napoleon led from the front too early in his career. He just stopped doing that later because he was too important to risk losing.
What is this historian talking about. There was no cilvil rights case.
The low profile racism was not only in france, but everyehere in europe. German, austria, russian empire, spain etc. This was not a topic until 1820, 1830...
A precursor? Of what.
The highest colonial french officer in 1900 was born in senegambia, and looked similar to colin powell.
Also something the author does not seem to know.
The author surrogates about a european history of racism that in fact did not exist, and only started to develop after the british empire and its successor the united states began to rule the world in mid 19.th century. And this trend was exported to continental europe, insofar that around 1900 being of african descent became a huge stigma. But only thanks to angloamerican rule.
Amon Pizarro you sound like a dumbass
@@NyxBorn7080
What is so dumb about that when its true
@@NyxBorn7080
Also in Poland, there was a person of at leaat a bit african descent general in the polish army, born 1762.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Franciszek_Jab%C5%82onowski
Amon Pizarro the Poles also helped during the Haitian Revolution
Thomas dumas was not black, he was a french creole of partly african descent. And he was not a black man in a white society, because there were a lot of officers or artists etc. of african descent in those days. Also the music teacher of marie antoinette who was even more famous in paris than dumas. Passing was irrelevant, the only thing relevant was if someons was of noble ancestry. Passing is an american invention.
I guess Obama is not black then
Michaelle Alexandre a mix between white and black is not black nor white, it is a mix
Michaelle Alexandre even if some white people in country whith a white majority called mixed people black, they are called white in countries with black majority, they are 50 percent white and 50 percent black
Michaelle Alexandre and ? Mix people in Africa are said To be white , i know it because my father is half black, half white and he lived in France and Senegal
Michaelle Alexandre In Sénégal, the majority is black so a brown person is said white, their image is white. This is not rocket science.