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Source/Further reading:

Britannica. Alex Dumas overview: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...

Link to The Black Count biography: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Count-Re...

Vox, the story behind the Count of Monte Cristo: https://www.vox.com/culture/21404224/...

Harvard Magazine, Dumas’s father: https://harvardmagazine.com/2012/11/v...

Independent, the role of race in the life of Alexandre Dumas: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...

General Alex Dumas’s military career: https://www.frenchempire.net/biograph...

NPR on General Dumas: https://www.npr.org/2012/09/15/160969...

NPR, excerpt from the Black Count book on General Dumas: https://www.npr.org/books/titles/1608...

LA Review of Books, some good details on France’s attitudes to race in the colonies: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/r...

Review of the Black Count, with some details: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Decl...