The Man Behind the Man

References

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Image References

Général Alexandre Dumas by Olivier Pichat. Equestrian Portrait. Musée Alexandre Dumas, Villers-Cotterëts Collection. 1883. Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexandre_Dumas_(1762-1806).JPG

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. “Plantation scene ; coffee” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-7517-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Un héros de l’épopée – Le général Dumas au pont de Clausen by Louis Bombled. Gallica Digital Library. 1912. Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Un_h%C3%A9ros_de_l%27%C3%A9pop%C3%A9e_-_Le_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_Dumas_au_pont_de_Clausen.jpg