 Thomas-Alexandre Dumas

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (; also known as Alexandre Dumas; 25 March 1762 – 26 February 1806) was a French general in Revolutionary France.With Toussaint Louverture and Abram Petrovich Gannibal in Imperial Russia, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas stands as one of the highest-ranking men of African descent (his father being white, and his mother black) ever to lead a European army.