Alexandre Dumas: The BLACK Author of The Three Musketeers They Tried to ERASE

Описание: Alexandre Dumas, the Black author of The Three Musketeers, built one of the greatest literary legacies in history.
This video explores how Alexandre Dumas rose to global fame — and why parts of his identity were minimized for generations.

Born to a French nobleman and a woman of African descent, Alexandre Dumas became the mastermind behind The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Yet despite his massive influence on European literature, discussions about his heritage were often sidelined or softened in mainstream narratives.

0:00 July 1830: Dumas in the armory, mistaken as a “colonial threat”
2:19 Who Alexandre Dumas really was (and why history downplayed him)
4:44 His father: General Thomas-Alexandre “Black Hercules” rises — then Napoleon crushes him
6:56 Poverty, education, and the vow to reclaim his father’s dignity with a pen
8:50 1822: the Paris leap — why the village became a cage
10:58 Breaking into the literary world: salons, theater, and sharpening his voice
12:49 July Revolution flashpoint: fighting for France while being reduced to his skin
14:30 The novel machine begins: serialization, cliffhangers, unstoppable output
16:56 Fame + racism: the “mulatto” sneers, coded insults, and Dumas’ cold dignity
19:38 When he gets political: anti-slavery themes and why critics tried to ignore them
24:30 Exile and collapse: debt, ridicule, and France turning cold
26:51 Russia welcomes him like royalty — and the backhanded “surprise” at his genius
30:59 The counter-narrative in France: ghostwriter rumors and deliberate downranking
34:07 2002: Pantheon reinterment — France publicly corrects the record
38:21 Closing: Dumas’ legacy reclaimed + final call to action

This isn’t revisionism. It’s recognition. And once you understand the full story, you see his work — and literary history — differently.

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