I had no idea the entire saga / tragedy of a French general that seemed more like a Hollywood story than a historical one was all going to come back around to the same Dumas that wrote one of my favorite books. Mind absolutely blown. This was hands-down the best video I’ve ever seen. Completely blown away.
@@thetestedtelevision Le Compte De Monte Cristo, great book. They made a mini series of the same name with Gerard Depardu back in the 90’s that was pretty good, too. The early 2000’s film was terrible, the book is way too big and in-depth for a film to try and cover. Hope you like it!
The narration of this story made me feel as though I was living in France during this turbulent time. Moreover, this story even caused my eyes to burn with sadness over Dumas unappreciated life.
My eyes also burned man seriously how he told the story made you truly feel for how under appreciated that badass man was this life was freaking epic he was a damn demigod
The fact he didn't allow them to mention his name makes me think more than 1 brought him up privately, I really hope he was recognized in his time by more than a sympathetic person. Reminds me of General Grant, I think, who wrote a biography at the end of his life as a way of helping his family out of poverty.
I'm alway shocked people seeming haven't heard of this legend or realized he essentially WAS the Count of Monte Cristo in the Tarantino-esque fantasy tribute by his son, the legendary writer. Also unbelievable that his life story hasn't been adapted into a sweeping epic by now
Hollywood's too busy making black versions of Julius Caesar to meet a ridiculous quota instead of telling this legendary man's story. He reminds me of my grandfather who fought in the Cuban Revolution as a Sabotage Operations leader in Matanzas Province and was later disappointed by that same "Revolution" after he saw Castro's repression with the UMAP concentration camps and crackdowns. He kept on visiting Christian dissidents throughout the years, but it didn't stop him from being a shell of his former self.
I read the Count of Monte Cristo in school over two decades ago. Our English teacher did touch on Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, as well as the writer, his son. Expected some type of medium of these figures but all I kept seeing over the years were Monte Cristo films. Remakes and inspirations alike.
General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas' biography would make for one the most epic movies to ever grace the big screen. What a human! and his son being the great Alexandre Dumas should not be taken as a mere curiosity, such humans usually create legends. What a great video. Thank you.
From a underestimated kid, to being trained by one of the finest swordsman in France and commanding 50,000 troops we surely went out sad in history. His story needs a movie.
That swordsman himself had an equally illustrious life. Le Chevalier de St. Georges himself was of African descent, and he became a great polymath, musician, and martial artist.
This is probably the best documentary i've seen in years. Its crazy how a two man channel can create such incredible quality where high-budget studios consistently fail
The son Alexander Dumas wrote/created "The Three Musketeers" "The Man in the Iron Mask" "The Count of Monte Cristo" All of which has became wonderful movies.
@@FlaviusConstantinus306 The films help the stories reach a larger audience, and gets more people to read them. That's what it did for me and I'm only 27. Watched both films as a kid and got to read it in high school after checking it out from the library, still own a copy signed by one of my fav teachers as well. Neither version of The Count were shitty though, not great films, but shitty? You're tweaking.
@@adrianseanheidmann4559 keep in mind they are in the public domain so there have been MULTIPLE iterations across DECADES! So yes, they're were some wonderful movies.
This documentary was absolutely stunning. From the writing, to the subject matter, to the editing, to the score, everything about this production was sublime. As a black man, I truly appreciate you not only making this, but putting so much care into it. You’ve earned a subscription. Thank you!
Kinda sad that your people have achieved so little and have no real history and no empires of their own that when your mentioned in the history of another people (the ethnic French in this case) you're like wE wUz kAnGz !!
“The coalition of tyrants will learn they are loathed equally by men of all colors.” You’re storytelling is fantastic, this is one of my favorite channels already.
Reading all comments I am obligated to clarify the following, Thomas Alexandre Dumas was the father of Alexandre Dumas the one who wrote the books The three musketeers, The count of Monte Cristo and The prisoner of the Iron mask. This gentleman also had a son with same name, Alexandre Dumas who was a famous writer too. He wrote The lady of Camellias what was a famous play in theaters in all Europe and USA after, among with other books. And this gentleman had a a Daughter Alexandriette Dumas that wrote too and she a son with name Alexandre Lippman Dumas that won Olympic games in fencing.
Thank you for valuable,uplifting and truthful history!!! I needed a bit of uplifting ,so appreciated. Now,if only young people would,Could learn more about African American history...Besides the fact we were slaves...there was Life Before and After which your Amazing stories highlight!!! Ty ty Thank you 😊
@@vononymous8054 Look for Brindis de Salas a Cuban vilonist. The best of his time during slavery. People in Europe could not believe a black person was playing violin better than all the highest back them.
@@vononymous8054 Also look for the story of Angerona in Cuba. Angerona was a farm that the owner was a black woman during slavery time. People obviously were not slaves, play fine music, learned many languages, have a hospital and small school in the farm that was something from different era.
Also Alexandre Dumas great grandson of Thomas Alexandre Dumas was Olympic silver medalist in fencing. Just beaten by the greatest of all times the Cuban Ramon Fons.
I remember when the videogame Assassins Creed Unity came out. Upon completion, a classmate had remarked that the story of Dumas would have been the perfect trajectory for a set of stories instead of basing the game's story on one small pocket of the French revolution. One where the protagonist had an affiliation with the man, perhaps even joining his campaign. After this video, I can say that rad lad was right.
I AGREE. That would’ve been one hell of a storyline! Imagine a mission where you are battling Napoleon for control of a “Piece of Eden” during the Egyptian campaign while serving under General Dumas!
@bastiat Your hostility makes no sense at all. What's wrong with Arno being an assassin for 20-25 more years? And now that you've called well-meaning strangers "stupid", are you satisfied?
The story for that game was such a missed opportunity... Make Robespierre the head of the Assassins that goes mad, fight beside Dumas as you watch the revolution eat itself... Such a damned shame.
@@actsfive30 That's what threw me off in the whole vid he kept on describing native born Haitians as "Africans" when it's clear they are native Americans. But alas most people still have this mindset that if your skin tone is brown that it equates to Africans, when it's clear as day just as you wouldn't describe every white man as European you can't describe every brown skin person as Africans. Haitians and most brown skin ppl in the Americas are native Indians indegenous to that land!!
Fun fact, his son went on to become a prolific writer who penned such works as "The Three Muskateer's", "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Man in the Iron Mask".
@@arandomguy656but yes I was so confused because I knew the general first as a kid my dad told me about the famous black general when I told him that the first black commanders was in civil war and he showed me Dumas of course I knew about the books especially 3 musketeers but once I learned the name I thought wow not only was he a bad ass commander but was a writer
"pawned his 13 year old son" This whole section of the story is absolutely inhuman. Sometimes Its hard to believe what went on back then. And still goes on in some places today
Yet some are trying to not only rewrite history, but also burning books jailing teachers, and damn near make it illegal for ANYONE to teach or inform others regarding black history, our history, American history. They are truly trying to wipe out their horrendous actions and history towards us, which is still continuing. I am appreciative for this video and information. Although this is French history and not American history, I commend the French for recognizing black peoples contributions to their country
Wow, I really liked this. My parents are Haitians, and I was born here in the US. I loved to absorb anything that gives me a glimmer of Haiti in history, and the role the country has played in history, and how some of its children were very important in the new world that was forging revolutionary thought. The life of Dumas would make for a very interesting movie, but I doubt that would happen.
@@khalidalali186 Wow..just leave out the Syrians, Lebanese, Israelis and any one from that general area willing to do the colonizers' dirty work: turning Hayti into the war zones of the 'middle east' they left behind.
This was BONKERS! At first I thought it was Hollywood, but it wasn't, it was far far better! My heart felt relief and joy for Dumas when he returned to his wife after years of imprisonment, too gripped by fear I was that the story would end in the dank cell. I am lifted to know of this man. Splendid work!
This is an amazing documentary. Very nicely done. The story about Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is incredible. He was an incredible man who did not follow in his own father's footsteps, but charted his own path and made history in the process. Dumas should be more greatly heralded. I am so moved by his integrity and commitment to his soldiers.
Thomas Alexandre Dumas' grandson, also named Alexandre Dumas, was also a noted French author and playwright. One of his descendants Alexandre Lippman medalled for France in four Olympic Games in fencing.
Chevalier des St George was not only the greatest swordsman in France ( this video calls him the greatest in Europe) during the time when all nobles fenced, BUT he was also the greatest violinist in France, damn!! My favorite black historical character. I fantasize meeting him and upon learning that he has a few horses, I'd blind fold him then show him what 500 sound like, sayin' I got 500 horses junior, then light up my Mustang G ffen T. VROOM VROOM!! And there's no horse sht junior I'd tell him. haha My personal historical re-enactment in Richard Pryors voice too!! haha CHEERS
Around the time of Dumas there was Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696 - 1781) born in Africa (possibly Cameroon) into a royal family, captured and sold into slavery, ended up being given as a gift by a Russian ambassador to the Russian emperor Peter the Great, who took a liking to him, adopted him and raised him as a son, sent him to the best schools. He entered the military and became a noted military engineer, reaching the rank of major - general. In a remarkable similarity to Thomas Dumas, one of Gannibal's descendants (his great grandson) Alexander Pushkin became Russia's greatest poet and the father of modern Russian Literature. Gannibal's oldest son, Ivan, became an accomplished naval officer who helped found the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine in 1779 and attained the rank of general-in-chief, the second-highest military rank in imperial Russia. Some British aristocrats descend from Gannibal, including Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, and her sister, Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn. George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, is also a direct descendant, as the grandson of Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven. Pushkin wrote a book (unfinished at his death) based on his ancestor, "The Moor Of Peter The Great".
The Ruler who established the so called golden Age of Al Andalus was a blond White Male. A White Slave took command over the marrocan army and destoyed the Songhai empire. A Son of White Slaves also made the Fatimids to an empire. Thats how you do identity Politics you Anti White Racist.
@@Niffdaddy No you are the jealous one because you are ignoring my comment. Why are you ignoring that he was captured by africans and sold to the ottomans before Peter the great freed him?
I have studied Napoleon. Revolution France. And passingly Alexander Dumas. Never have I come across this story. Thank for the essay. I’m going to go cry in the corner for a bit now.
The prose of this story is painfully meloncholic and beautiful, yet leaves one almost reluctantly hopeful. Thank you for sharing this story so unknown to American history classes.
@@ImmortalGods But if they do it, do you think they will narrate the episode where in 1804, Dessalines commands to kill practically all whites including prisoners, women and children on all the territory of Haïti ?
@@Moroes11 Hollywood never had a problem making a shit load of movies about Christian crusaders and cowboys slaughtering Muslims and native American men, women and children so why should it have a problem with Haitian slaughtering the French who enslaved, murdered and brutalize them? Oh wait their white , That's different... No there's no such thing as white supremacy.
@@barmybarmecide5390 Ah yes, the anti-Christian fedora vape-smoking revolution. We will win against our parent's making us go to sunday school, comrades!
@@Sercer25 my bother in christ/l'être suprême/Marianne, Christianity was to be replaced by the "Cult of Reason" and large parts of the earliest legislation of the first republic was explicitly anti-clerical and targeted organised religion. The directory was similarly pro-separation of church and state, education, etc
The Haitian revolutionary general, Jean Jacques Dessalines's story is even more impressive. He totally defeated the French, British, and Spanish army in Haiti.
Fun fact: there was another Black (mixed-race) General fighting for the French Republic, a Polish nobleman Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski "Murzynek". In a cruel twist of fate he died on Saint-Domingue (Haiti), as did most of over 5000 Polish Legionaries, who enlisted in French service in hope that it would help regain the freedom of their homeland but instead were sent across the Atlantic in order to reinstate slavery. Some of them reportedly actually changed sides. Although we Poles traditionally tend to have a rather positive image of Napoleon, the whole matter of Haiti remains the biggest stain on it. I've seen other videos about Alexander Dumas but this one is by far the best. It would be awesome to see something of this quality about, for example, Tadeusz Kościuszko.
General Kościuszko was a great man. not only did he fight in the American Revolution, he asked Thomas Jefferson to use the proceeds from the sale of his land holdings in the United States to free enslaved peoples. Of course Jefferson sat on his hands failing to do anything with the lands or any monies left by the General, that we know of today. I suspect that Jefferson used the money to pay his own debts instead. I thank Poland and the Polish people for such a great man, General Tadeusz Kościuszko.
@@w.e.b.8719 Just for clarification, Jefferson definitely did not use the money to pay his own debts. He simply declined to be the executor of Kościuszko's will, giving some pathetic excuses. No one else was particularly eager to realise the will and many parties (from Kościuszko's relatives to the freaking Russian Empire) wanted to grab the money instead. Kościuszko himself apparently added to the mess by making several inconsistent versions of his will over the years and never consulting the whole thing with a good lawyer.
Putting mixed race is unnecessary when you talking about people that were rapped and rob by Europeans and labeled black for centuries all the while actullying banning mixed marriage . So he’s just a black man
@@sparkman1314able Well, I'm not really sure how this applies to Jabłonowski. Here we have a case where Maria Dealire, an English wife of a wealthy Polish aristocrat Konstanty Jabłonowski, gave birth to a child whose biological father was very clearly not Konstanty. Yet he accepted the boy as his legitimate son and raised him as a Polish nobleman. Władysław's nickname is a diminutive form of _Murzyn_ the traditional Polish word for a Black person. It's getting out of fashion today, as it's being increasingly viewed as slightly racist (although many defend it, as a perfectly neutral term). BTW Mixed marriages were never banned in Polish law. Poland never took a direct part in the overseas colonialism and the Atlantic slave trade (unless you count the failed attempts made by the Duchy of Courland, a small vassal state of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth located in modern-day Latvia and ruled by a German dynasty). Until recently Black people were a very rare sight in Poland (and they still are relatively rare). But we have some documented historical cases of Black men living and working in Poland and also marrying local women, for example: - In the XVII century there was one Alexander Dynis, who worked in an important position for the Bishop of Krakow. - In the XX century, during the interwar period, there was Sam Sandi from Cameroon and August Agbola Browne from Nigeria. Both fought for their new country; Sandi in the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918-1919 and the Polish-Soviet War and Browne in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
I never heard of this man before your video. I was completely gripped by this tale. I cried at the beginning when you told us about his father, mother and sisters. It's unspeakably cruel and evil. I don't know how he survived that to become the husband, father, and military man he was. The very tragic situation he had to navigate and keeping a sense of himself. He was incredibly brave and resilient. This is my first video of yours and it's one the best videos I've seen in a long time. Thank you!
History would never allow us to learn real history! I never knew majority of the Lenin henchmen were Jews. I didn’t know Stalin killed over 40 million people.
My husband is South African Zulu and Japanese and an ex-soldier. I showed him this and my husband grew silent. My husband is a proud ex-soldier from South Africa and he loves to hear of men like him rising to great things. This was a wonderful image of a man and i see my husband and his struggles. We live in the USA but i can see that my husband struggled in his youth.
That sounds amazing and I'm glad he was able to learn that history. Tell your husband to look up another great military African leader named Malik Ambar, he won't be disappointed 👍😉.
@@c.b.5487 I have thank you very much my husband comes from a family military tradition his father served in the USAF and his grandfather immigrated from South Africa before WW2 and joined the US Army. My husband wanted to shake up family tradition and joined the SADF and was a radio operator fighting insurgency in Central Africa. His time was after Apartheid but he did face some racism for being not full blood Black African. My husband is also part Japanese and speaks my language very fluently and speaks Zulu and Dutch.
@@MayumiC-chan9377 If your Husband is Serious he needs to look into Toussaint L'Ouverture, that man not only liberated black slaves but he was also responsible for protecting white people as well hes the unspoken hero of the western world , your husband would LOVE him
@@MayumiC-chan9377 I do not know if y'all have any children, but please encourage your husband (and you as well) to pass on his education, knowledge and experience to your children as well as the youth in your area. Please find a way to do this. One of the biggest problems in America is our government run education giving us only a fraction of history and that fraction is distorted and biased. Most people in America aren't aware of the things like this (no matter the race). Thank you for sharing, God Bless.
@@dokorobia8713 try in English? Listen I don't even know that man lol I just Google him, and found pictures of him. He was not black lol just go on Google
@@charlemagne6877 I did the same thing and the pictures showed he was mixed. AND I saw the scholars research which is more important that your subjective asseasment of a painting. Dude I am not even trying to attack you. Just drop the pride and utilise your brain.
I'm very surprised that so many people haven't heard of him. I'd written two papers on him by the time I got to high school. Probably my favorite history based essay that I'd ever written. Absolutely great video, I've heard and read of his story many many times but it doesn't get any less heartbreaking or captivating.
Dude, how do you only have 93,000 subscribers???? The quality of your videos is incredible, the research and presentation is excellent. I've never written this to any creator, but you absolutely deserve millions of subscribers. Also, I'm half black-half italian. My grandmother was from a small town in the Alps called Oulx. So this story was personal to me for multiple reasons. Thank you.
Thanks for the kind words Grant! We're hoping the video gets big--this man had an adventurous and inspiring life and more ought to know about it. Also it means a lot to us as creators that a video of ours touched you personally :)
what an absolute legend of a man. you made it feel like i was watching a movie without me even knowing. i didnt realise it was nearly 40 minutes long. absolutely awesome
There is also General Alexandre Dumas : Soldier of the French Revolution by John G. Gallaher, _ this actually pics up a few things Black count missed out on. The difference being is TomReiss only had an HOUR to compile his data before the french government took it away. John had allot more time.
And the French still speak of Napoleon as a hero of France. He neglects to mention that Napoleon deserted his army leaving them to be massacred after sneaking off back to France .
I knew the basic details of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas' life but this video put flesh on those bones & taught me about a truly remarkable man. Thank you for all of the hard work that went in to making this video
Absolutely amazing work of a natural storyteller. You've made something really special here! Just a quick note though, you say that Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France, whereas actually he crowned himself Emperor of the French - a small distinction in a lot of eyes, but something that he himself thought incredibly important.
Just to add a bit of historical trivia... All of the french kings, and frankish kings before that, were styled "king of the franks" (rex francorum), a type of title recognized by the Roman empire for their client barbarian rulers (ruler of a people, not of a fixed territory). Philipp Augustus was the first to style himself "king of France".
You spirit Sir A Dumas has arrived here and it's stirred many. May you live on through those that are humbled by your struggles while you were on earth.
@@nogent4213 Do you boycott all forms of historical movies, space operas and every piece of media where it doesn't make sense for the characters to speak a language spoken nowadays?
This is an amazing video of a larger than life man. General Alex Dumas was a soldier’s general who fought alongside and often in front of his men. He was, of course, trained as a swordsman by the best, COL Joseph Bologne, who was a virtuoso violinist. To have lived in that time and fought with him would have been an immeasurable honor and privilege. His son, Alexandre Dumas, did him justice and honor in his masterpiece books as one of the most prolific authors in his time and now in any future we can imagine!
This was amazingly done, thank you for bringing this to light. I could feel my heart dropping and sinking as the story progressed, truly some advanced storytelling. I felt fully immersed the whole time and even though this is one of your longest videos it went by so quick. Thank you for this so much.
So far, this is my absolute favorite video you guys have made yet and what turned me instantly into a fan. Such a great testament to a human story. The art, the narration.... fantastic!
This video is the best history video I’ve ever seen. I do not understand how you are not competing with oversimplified for the best history channel. Your quality and detail of work is beautiful. Honestly I check this channel every day to see if you have posted. Thank you for teaching me so much about history. Truly beautiful.
An outstanding retrospective on the life and times of Gen. Thomas Alexander Dumas. Well worth the time to learn of a man who gave his all only to be cast aside by his superiors.
This is one of the greatest things I've ever heard in my life, this is a man that Hollywood needs to make a blockbuster about my gosh I had Goosebumps at more than one occasion this man was freaking hero and his contribution to history needs to be acknowledged
Wow the editing, narration, and overall story telling was absolutely amazing I loved every second of this video. I love hearing and visually seeing stories like this and learning about history in general, especially since he’s Haitian leading other men into during the peak of slavery. Incredible story honestly I would love to see more like this, I’d even donate towards a Patreon to see more stories like these
Nice entire movie about Dumas, LOL! So many incredible paintings to fill out the story. The History Dose painting style is both gritty and dream-like at the same time. The script and story probably took a painfully high amount of research and reading, which is awesome. This was like stepping into another world, except it somehow actually happened. It was great that you took the time to set up Dumas's early lifestyle and training; makes me care even more about the character throughout, and makes it kinda believable that he could survive so many death defying battles. Let's see, Dumas survived fighting in the extreme danger of icy cliffs, the absolutely insane July Sahara Desert (like 150 miles trecking + battles), being badly wounded on the head and more whilst being very outnumbered, those 3 mentioned duels before he entered the war (I'm guessing they were with real swords), rotting away in the prison cell like forever, and all the battles in between, and the emotional damage of his family issues. This guy had an immortal aura to him in the story, which was incredible. Of course he had to die of freaking stomach cancer, which i bet was somehow the result of the jail's poor nutrition, sanitation, temperature, and possibly being poisoned within the jail. The saddest part though, was the wife and children never receiving the military reimbursement they were owed. If you thought being a single mom was tough today.... That part just epitomized the truth that the country did not deserve Dumas. A lot like the Roman Empire didn't deserve Stilicho. Thank you so much for this insightful and powerful movie.
@@HistoryDose been obsessed with your work. You guys really outdid yourself with this one. I keep a scrapbook premiere rush project going with editing inspiration and a good chunk of it is you guys. I’m a huge fan of content that educates as well as entertains. Also the artwork in this one is unbelievable. I gotta stop going on like this but man… big fan that’s all I can say haha
Thank you! Means a lot. A lot of painstaking editing and fine-tuning goes into each one (especially this one), and we always hope the effort shines through. We’ve got a good chunk of the artwork from this episode available to view on Joe’s art page, linked in the description. Best, Chris
We relied heavily on Epidemic Sound and Soundstripe for this one. The ending score is by Scott Buckley. We'll definitely keep the original score in mind! Thanks again for the kind words.
What a life this man led! I'm grateful for his and his wife's accomplishments, especially in regards to their son Alexander, one of my favorite authors. You, sir, are a masterful storyteller in your own right. You did justice to the life of Thomas. Thank you for this magnificent piece. 💜🌍🍀
What an incredible documentary on Dumas! The information and visuals were spectacular. Such a powerful man and legacy he has. I hope we all continue to shed a light on his story.
This isn't just one of the best history videos I've seen on RUclips, but one of the very best videos I've seen on RUclips period. Such a great narration, great art style animation. Stellar.
This video just popped up in my feed - brilliant - of course, the tragedy of the megalomaniacal Corse’s betrayal becomes gradually more known, but all the details of Dumas’ childhood & life / most history focuses on the life of his son... the research, storytelling with these great images ... superbe!
I Decided to watch this movie before going to bed. At the end, I was sitting in the dark with eyes open but in a daze. I Didn't know Thomas Alexandre's story ended tragically. Great job sharing his story. One of the best documentaries I've seen in a while.
I am in tears after watching this heart-wrenching video. General Dumas' story is worthy of an amazing film! Thank you so much for all your efforts in making this vid!
This is an excellent video! Everyone should read all they can about General Thomas Alexander Dumas, especially if you consider yourself to be or want to be a warrior/soldier & a leader. Napoleon rightfully got credit for directing & winning wars, but General Dumas was actually fighting & winning all the battles. That man deserves his place in world history along side the great warriors, great generals & great fighters for freedom & liberty.
Interesting. So are you a soldier yourself? I'll try and get books on this great man. Saddens me as a black man that very little is known about this great general 😔😔
Napoleon was crazy when he was younger, as a junior officer.... He fought in many battles and distinguished himself for bravery..... He was not born as Emperor lol
@@pompeythegreat297 He did and got injured too But Dumas had better resume of daring feats Napoleon was the better general Dumas was like a commando navy seals kinda guy leading a small company or platoon sure he lead troops as general too of cavalry in Egypt but his time was cut short and died before Napoleon a broken man broke and destitute not a pension given thanks to Emperor Napoleon
Best told story about General Dumas! Amazing Content creators here everyone! I found history dose today and will be binging the crap out of their videos!
I know your other videos are amazing, but for some reason this one is in a league of it's own. Truly inspiring all around - the story telling, the music, the editing, the art, all of it. I would pay money to watch this in a movie theatre before I pay to see 200M budget flash and trash marvel movies. Well done sir, you are both clearly masters of your craft and I appreciate your work.
What a fantastic story! What made me feel sad though, is the fact that throughout history, regardless of place, race, creed or culture, men of honor like Dumas are unsung and often die in poverty and squalor, while vain, greedy and ruthless despots rule us all to this day.
Not what I expected when I pressed on this video, FAR surpassed expectations! This story both interested me massively but also saddened me, but life often has no "happy ever after".
I just wanna say you guys are so fucking amazing. The voice and the editing really gets you immersed, as if it were a story or a video game. You feel things for these historical figures because of the tone of the narrator’s voice being so sincere and dramatic at the same time, and the genius editing making you constantly glued to the screen. Fucking beautiful, every bit of this channel is gold.
That was awesome, History Dose! I knew Duma was Black, but I never knew anything about his father! What a total swashbuckler! It is clear where the son got his story writing material from! Magnificent tale, guys, keep up the excellent work!
@@magivkmeister6166 It isnt an 'American concept' Anywhere outside of Europe, skin color and race are very, very harshly important. Europeans have decided that they have transcended human nature and our primitive past, and therefor race is a 'social construct.' It's denying reality. He also isn't black, he was half black. The picture they used didn't even look close to what he looks like.
My goodness! That video was AMAZING, I basically never comment on, react to videos, or subscribe to channels, but the story you chose was just stunning and the production, narrative, and the way this video was put together are god level tier, I learned so much about this amazing man and even his son, who I didn’t realize was that author, you’ve wholly earned a subscription!
“He indulged in the anesthesia of battle” that my friends is poetry!
That was my exact reaction to that line. It’s just perfect imagery
Indeed 💯
I had no idea the entire saga / tragedy of a French general that seemed more like a Hollywood story than a historical one was all going to come back around to the same Dumas that wrote one of my favorite books. Mind absolutely blown. This was hands-down the best video I’ve ever seen. Completely blown away.
Thanks so much, Ed!
What was the name of the book? I'm very interested to read it
@@thetestedtelevision could well be the classic Count of Monte Cristo
@@thetestedtelevision Le Compte De Monte Cristo, great book. They made a mini series of the same name with Gerard Depardu back in the 90’s that was pretty good, too. The early 2000’s film was terrible, the book is way too big and in-depth for a film to try and cover. Hope you like it!
@@HistoryDose wait to the real movies come out with truth in them to be told
The narration of this story made me feel as though I was living in France during this turbulent time. Moreover, this story even caused my eyes to burn with sadness over Dumas unappreciated life.
I recommend Mike Duncan's revolutions podcast if wanna learn more about the French or Haitian revolution.
My eyes also burned man seriously how he told the story made you truly feel for how under appreciated that badass man was this life was freaking epic he was a damn demigod
My elementary school librarian put me on to him. Thats back when they had awesome librarys in public schools.
@@maxtalbert8519 paraa
Saddest part is that there are many more such stories just like this one...
As a military history buff, I feel almost ashamed I didn’t know about such a legend as Dumas. Thank you so much for this video, it was truly inspired.
The fact he didn't allow them to mention his name makes me think more than 1 brought him up privately, I really hope he was recognized in his time by more than a sympathetic person. Reminds me of General Grant, I think, who wrote a biography at the end of his life as a way of helping his family out of poverty.
Don't get all woke on us
@@JOHNTOPG learning about history is woke?
@@leonardo-mz4gt stupid people get triggered on reality when they find out what actually happened
@@leonardo-mz4gt If it ain't white,it's woke apparently.
I'm alway shocked people seeming haven't heard of this legend or realized he essentially WAS the Count of Monte Cristo in the Tarantino-esque fantasy tribute by his son, the legendary writer. Also unbelievable that his life story hasn't been adapted into a sweeping epic by now
Hollywood's too busy making black versions of Julius Caesar to meet a ridiculous quota instead of telling this legendary man's story. He reminds me of my grandfather who fought in the Cuban Revolution as a Sabotage Operations leader in Matanzas Province and was later disappointed by that same "Revolution" after he saw Castro's repression with the UMAP concentration camps and crackdowns. He kept on visiting Christian dissidents throughout the years, but it didn't stop him from being a shell of his former self.
He is a black man , they haven t figure out a way to give credit for his greatness to non black person , so they sit on the story.
I'd never, ever heard of him! The blame lies squarely on the crippled shoulders of the American public school system.
@Uncanny Juan Too sad, I can't tell you how many Cuban revolutionaries lamented fighting for Castro's promises.
I read the Count of Monte Cristo in school over two decades ago. Our English teacher did touch on Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, as well as the writer, his son. Expected some type of medium of these figures but all I kept seeing over the years were Monte Cristo films. Remakes and inspirations alike.
General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas' biography would make for one the most epic movies to ever grace the big screen. What a human! and his son being the great Alexandre Dumas should not be taken as a mere curiosity, such humans usually create legends.
What a great video. Thank you.
No Michel Ney, because he was a crazy Chad in particularly during Russia campaign.
Indeed it would
His son and his grandson. Both became famous writers being his son the must famous one of the three.
No, it would just be a good movie that would more or less fit woke agenda without beign shit or at least beign less likely to be ruined
Wonderful Idea that you have...a movie would be STUNNING. new sub i Am and glad to find this channel!!!
"...The vast chasm between grand promises and bleak reality."
Time changes little. Excellent work.
Profound! That line struck me too.
From a underestimated kid, to being trained by one of the finest swordsman in France and commanding 50,000 troops we surely went out sad in history. His story needs a movie.
Such a movie would have very large boots to fill indeed, when compared to this MAJESTIC documentary video we’ve been privileged to enjoy!
@@SuperLuminalElf absolutely! But I feel like it is definitely worth a try
I feel like a story like this should be a limited series
Basically all of Alexander Dumas' famous stories are like retelling the history of his dad.
That swordsman himself had an equally illustrious life. Le Chevalier de St. Georges himself was of African descent, and he became a great polymath, musician, and martial artist.
This is probably the best documentary i've seen in years. Its crazy how a two man channel can create such incredible quality where high-budget studios consistently fail
Thank you for the kind words!
One word for that: passion
@@undead9999 exactly.
why has tariq not made a hidden colors on this man yet never knew about this
Like how can I watch this for free?! This is absolutely top drawer
The son Alexander Dumas wrote/created "The Three Musketeers"
"The Man in the Iron Mask"
"The Count of Monte Cristo"
All of which has became wonderful movies.
A recently discovered novel by him has been published. The last cavalier.
I very much believe they're quiet okay movies, but "wonderful"? Really?
Omg that's crazy they are related!! I thought it was coincidence or something
@@FlaviusConstantinus306 The films help the stories reach a larger audience, and gets more people to read them. That's what it did for me and I'm only 27. Watched both films as a kid and got to read it in high school after checking it out from the library, still own a copy signed by one of my fav teachers as well. Neither version of The Count were shitty though, not great films, but shitty? You're tweaking.
@@adrianseanheidmann4559 keep in mind they are in the public domain so there have been MULTIPLE iterations across DECADES! So yes, they're were some wonderful movies.
This documentary was absolutely stunning. From the writing, to the subject matter, to the editing, to the score, everything about this production was sublime. As a black man, I truly appreciate you not only making this, but putting so much care into it. You’ve earned a subscription. Thank you!
My favorite is whoever did these amazing illustrations
We need so many more such informational videos, especially for our young people!
3:20 ...the slaves were NOT stolen they were bought or traded. White people were too weak to steel them despite their technology.
@@qw7154 Some were stolen.
Learn your stuff buddy and also it's "steal" not steel. Good day to you
Kinda sad that your people have achieved so little and have no real history and no empires of their own that when your mentioned in the history of another people (the ethnic French in this case) you're like wE wUz kAnGz !!
“The coalition of tyrants will learn they are loathed equally by men of all colors.”
You’re storytelling is fantastic, this is one of my favorite channels already.
And his statement stands true to this day.
The coalition of tyrants I.e nations of NATO are equally loathed by all men.
It's a true quote by General Dumas.
As a direct descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte I can tell you the demons are inherited from generation to generation.
*your
Reading all comments I am obligated to clarify the following, Thomas Alexandre Dumas was the father of Alexandre Dumas the one who wrote the books The three musketeers, The count of Monte Cristo and The prisoner of the Iron mask. This gentleman also had a son with same name, Alexandre Dumas who was a famous writer too. He wrote The lady of Camellias what was a famous play in theaters in all Europe and USA after, among with other books. And this gentleman had a a Daughter Alexandriette Dumas that wrote too and she a son with name Alexandre Lippman Dumas that won Olympic games in fencing.
Thank you for valuable,uplifting and truthful history!!! I needed a bit of uplifting ,so appreciated. Now,if only young people would,Could learn more about African American history...Besides the fact we were slaves...there was Life Before and After which your Amazing stories highlight!!! Ty ty Thank you 😊
@@vononymous8054 Look for Brindis de Salas a Cuban vilonist. The best of his time during slavery. People in Europe could not believe a black person was playing violin better than all the highest back them.
@@vononymous8054 Also look for the story of Angerona in Cuba. Angerona was a farm that the owner was a black woman during slavery time. People obviously were not slaves, play fine music, learned many languages, have a hospital and small school in the farm that was something from different era.
Also Alexandre Dumas great grandson of Thomas Alexandre Dumas was Olympic silver medalist in fencing. Just beaten by the greatest of all times the Cuban Ramon Fons.
@@vononymous8054 i think its more accurate to say they were Afro-french rather then African American but I agree
I remember when the videogame Assassins Creed Unity came out. Upon completion, a classmate had remarked that the story of Dumas would have been the perfect trajectory for a set of stories instead of basing the game's story on one small pocket of the French revolution. One where the protagonist had an affiliation with the man, perhaps even joining his campaign. After this video, I can say that rad lad was right.
I AGREE. That would’ve been one hell of a storyline! Imagine a mission where you are battling Napoleon for control of a “Piece of Eden” during the Egyptian campaign while serving under General Dumas!
@bastiat Your hostility makes no sense at all. What's wrong with Arno being an assassin for 20-25 more years? And now that you've called well-meaning strangers "stupid", are you satisfied?
@bastiat meh.
The story for that game was such a missed opportunity... Make Robespierre the head of the Assassins that goes mad, fight beside Dumas as you watch the revolution eat itself... Such a damned shame.
I am absolutely fucking blown away. This is too good for us...
Like so many African American GIs, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas loved a country that didn't love him back. What a tremendous injustice.
He wasn’t African American he was creole like his people in Haiti he was of Haitian heritage
@stanleydouge2803
Bruh he said “like” lol. Nowhere did he say dumas was African American. You need to work on your reading comprehension.
@@stanleydouge2803Afro Caraibeen mix race from Saint Domingo « Haïti »
@@stanleydouge2803 He was using a comparison
True 😣 but on the flip side, his own life and stories is what helped his son become who he became ❤️
Absolutely phenomenal. I went from never having heard of him to being obsessed.
Check out the book Black Count for a more in depth look at his life
@@gor764 Yooo my brother has that book , the cover is insane and the book is really good .
Three months' silence and we believed that all was lost
*and then he returned.*
I'm literally writing an historical novel about this guy. He has one of the greatest stories that I've ever heard
I'm interested to know more about the book you're writing. I hope it's going well.
Just so you know all black people are not African🤫🤫
@@actsfive30 Wtf are u talking about ?
*Napoleon chuckles*
@@actsfive30 That's what threw me off in the whole vid he kept on describing native born Haitians as "Africans" when it's clear they are native Americans. But alas most people still have this mindset that if your skin tone is brown that it equates to Africans, when it's clear as day just as you wouldn't describe every white man as European you can't describe every brown skin person as Africans. Haitians and most brown skin ppl in the Americas are native Indians indegenous to that land!!
Fun fact, his son went on to become a prolific writer who penned such works as "The Three Muskateer's", "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Man in the Iron Mask".
That’s the whole point of the last few minutes of the video, his son essentially wrote about a world not unlike his father’s ideals.
It’s not called “The Man in the Iron Mask”. It’s “The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later”, which is the last book of the d’Artagnan saga.
At first, when I saw the title, I thought : "wasn't Alexandre Dumas a writer ?"
@@arandomguy656his baby boy was
@@arandomguy656but yes I was so confused because I knew the general first as a kid my dad told me about the famous black general when I told him that the first black commanders was in civil war and he showed me Dumas of course I knew about the books especially 3 musketeers but once I learned the name I thought wow not only was he a bad ass commander but was a writer
As a Haitian man , much love to Alexandre Dumas.
"pawned his 13 year old son"
This whole section of the story is absolutely inhuman. Sometimes Its hard to believe what went on back then. And still goes on in some places today
Yet some are trying to not only rewrite history, but also burning books jailing teachers, and damn near make it illegal for ANYONE to teach or inform others regarding black history, our history, American history. They are truly trying to wipe out their horrendous actions and history towards us, which is still continuing. I am appreciative for this video and information. Although this is French history and not American history, I commend the French for recognizing black peoples contributions to their country
A lot of mothers sell their children into sex slavery even today..
Is European behavior surprising? Lol
@@kensmechanicalaffair meanwhile Taiwan needs signs telling you not to sell your kids, or the rise of child sacrifice in Uganda...
@@kensmechanicalaffair It's only as bad as African behavior.
Wow, I really liked this. My parents are Haitians, and I was born here in the US. I loved to absorb anything that gives me a glimmer of Haiti in history, and the role the country has played in history, and how some of its children were very important in the new world that was forging revolutionary thought. The life of Dumas would make for a very interesting movie, but I doubt that would happen.
You should learn what the French did to Haiti after the Revolution.
And what fellow Haitians have been doing to other Haitians ever since independence. Which is why he was born in America.
@@khalidalali186 Wow..just leave out the Syrians, Lebanese, Israelis and any one from that general area willing to do the colonizers' dirty work: turning Hayti into the war zones of the 'middle east' they left behind.
This was BONKERS! At first I thought it was Hollywood, but it wasn't, it was far far better! My heart felt relief and joy for Dumas when he returned to his wife after years of imprisonment, too gripped by fear I was that the story would end in the dank cell. I am lifted to know of this man.
Splendid work!
THE most consistently high quality history content on RUclips. So glad I found this gem of a channel.
B**** talk about the subject
And at least try to use complete sentences.
I would still sat Epic History TV takes that crown, but this is second without a doubt
This is an amazing documentary. Very nicely done. The story about Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is incredible. He was an incredible man who did not follow in his own father's footsteps, but charted his own path and made history in the process. Dumas should be more greatly heralded. I am so moved by his integrity and commitment to his soldiers.
Thomas Alexandre Dumas' grandson, also named Alexandre Dumas, was also a noted French author and playwright. One of his descendants Alexandre Lippman medalled for France in four Olympic Games in fencing.
Thanks for that comment ! How fitting. A real-life d'Artagnan. I did not know about the fencer.
Chevalier des St George was not only the greatest swordsman in France ( this video calls him the greatest in Europe) during the time when all nobles fenced, BUT he was also the greatest violinist in France, damn!! My favorite black historical character. I fantasize meeting him and upon learning that he has a few horses, I'd blind fold him then show him what 500 sound like, sayin' I got 500 horses junior, then light up my Mustang G ffen T. VROOM VROOM!! And there's no horse sht junior I'd tell him. haha My personal historical re-enactment in Richard Pryors voice too!! haha CHEERS
La traviata.
As a Haitian American, this was a truly amazing account of Dumas’ life. This is one of my favorite channels on RUclips.
Around the time of Dumas there was Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696 - 1781) born in Africa (possibly Cameroon) into a royal family, captured and sold into slavery, ended up being given as a gift by a Russian ambassador to the Russian emperor Peter the Great, who took a liking to him, adopted him and raised him as a son, sent him to the best schools. He entered the military and became a noted military engineer, reaching the rank of major - general. In a remarkable similarity to Thomas Dumas, one of Gannibal's descendants (his great grandson) Alexander Pushkin became Russia's greatest poet and the father of modern Russian Literature.
Gannibal's oldest son, Ivan, became an accomplished naval officer who helped found the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine in 1779 and attained the rank of general-in-chief, the second-highest military rank in imperial Russia.
Some British aristocrats descend from Gannibal, including Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, and her sister, Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn. George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, is also a direct descendant, as the grandson of Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven.
Pushkin wrote a book (unfinished at his death) based on his ancestor, "The Moor Of Peter The Great".
The Ruler who established the so called golden Age of Al Andalus was a blond White Male. A White Slave took command over the marrocan army and destoyed the Songhai empire. A Son of White Slaves also made the Fatimids to an empire. Thats how you do identity Politics you Anti White Racist.
@@berserk9085 your mad? 😂
@@Niffdaddy No. Are you jealous?
@@berserk9085 replying how you did, envy drips off of you. History shouldn't make someone jealous, or is it because he was a black Man?
@@Niffdaddy No you are the jealous one because you are ignoring my comment. Why are you ignoring that he was captured by africans and sold to the ottomans before Peter the great freed him?
I have studied Napoleon. Revolution France. And passingly Alexander Dumas. Never have I come across this story. Thank for the essay. I’m going to go cry in the corner for a bit now.
The prose of this story is painfully meloncholic and beautiful, yet leaves one almost reluctantly hopeful. Thank you for sharing this story so unknown to American history classes.
well... its french history
@@cyjico It is world history.
@@rickythe2nd63 touche
@@rickythe2nd63 why would US schools teach this? Is it necessary?
How is it possible that there isn't a movie about this man?!
The same way it's possible that Hollywood never made a movie about the Haitian revolution.
@@ImmortalGods But if they do it, do you think they will narrate the episode where in 1804, Dessalines commands to kill practically all whites including prisoners, women and children on all the territory of Haïti ?
@@Moroes11 Hollywood never had a problem making a shit load of movies about Christian crusaders and cowboys slaughtering Muslims and native American men, women and children so why should it have a problem with Haitian slaughtering the French who enslaved, murdered and brutalize them? Oh wait their white , That's different... No there's no such thing as white supremacy.
What a great man! What a loyal wife! What a great lineage of human beings! What honor and dignity! Good bless him and his progeny.
Assuming you mean "god bless him", that's quite ironic considering the revolution he fought for
@@barmybarmecide5390 Ah yes, the anti-Christian fedora vape-smoking revolution. We will win against our parent's making us go to sunday school, comrades!
@@Sercer25 my bother in christ/l'être suprême/Marianne, Christianity was to be replaced by the "Cult of Reason" and large parts of the earliest legislation of the first republic was explicitly anti-clerical and targeted organised religion. The directory was similarly pro-separation of church and state, education, etc
@@barmybarmecide5390 And how did that turn out?
@@Sercer25 I don't care, the point is he fought for various anti-clerical and anti-theist governments, hence the irony of the top comment.
Mind blowing. Better than what u find on Netflix, HBO and all.
The Haitian revolutionary general, Jean Jacques Dessalines's story is even more impressive. He totally defeated the French, British, and Spanish army in Haiti.
Fun fact: there was another Black (mixed-race) General fighting for the French Republic, a Polish nobleman Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski "Murzynek". In a cruel twist of fate he died on Saint-Domingue (Haiti), as did most of over 5000 Polish Legionaries, who enlisted in French service in hope that it would help regain the freedom of their homeland but instead were sent across the Atlantic in order to reinstate slavery. Some of them reportedly actually changed sides. Although we Poles traditionally tend to have a rather positive image of Napoleon, the whole matter of Haiti remains the biggest stain on it.
I've seen other videos about Alexander Dumas but this one is by far the best. It would be awesome to see something of this quality about, for example, Tadeusz Kościuszko.
General Kościuszko was a great man. not only did he fight in the American Revolution, he asked Thomas Jefferson to use the proceeds from the sale of his land holdings in the United States to free enslaved peoples. Of course Jefferson sat on his hands failing to do anything with the lands or any monies left by the General, that we know of today. I suspect that Jefferson used the money to pay his own debts instead.
I thank Poland and the Polish people for such a great man, General Tadeusz Kościuszko.
Thanks for this
@@w.e.b.8719 Just for clarification, Jefferson definitely did not use the money to pay his own debts. He simply declined to be the executor of Kościuszko's will, giving some pathetic excuses. No one else was particularly eager to realise the will and many parties (from Kościuszko's relatives to the freaking Russian Empire) wanted to grab the money instead. Kościuszko himself apparently added to the mess by making several inconsistent versions of his will over the years and never consulting the whole thing with a good lawyer.
Putting mixed race is unnecessary when you talking about people that were rapped and rob by Europeans and labeled black for centuries all the while actullying banning mixed marriage . So he’s just a black man
@@sparkman1314able Well, I'm not really sure how this applies to Jabłonowski. Here we have a case where Maria Dealire, an English wife of a wealthy Polish aristocrat Konstanty Jabłonowski, gave birth to a child whose biological father was very clearly not Konstanty. Yet he accepted the boy as his legitimate son and raised him as a Polish nobleman. Władysław's nickname is a diminutive form of _Murzyn_ the traditional Polish word for a Black person. It's getting out of fashion today, as it's being increasingly viewed as slightly racist (although many defend it, as a perfectly neutral term).
BTW Mixed marriages were never banned in Polish law. Poland never took a direct part in the overseas colonialism and the Atlantic slave trade (unless you count the failed attempts made by the Duchy of Courland, a small vassal state of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth located in modern-day Latvia and ruled by a German dynasty). Until recently Black people were a very rare sight in Poland (and they still are relatively rare). But we have some documented historical cases of Black men living and working in Poland and also marrying local women, for example:
- In the XVII century there was one Alexander Dynis, who worked in an important position for the Bishop of Krakow.
- In the XX century, during the interwar period, there was Sam Sandi from Cameroon and August Agbola Browne from Nigeria. Both fought for their new country; Sandi in the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918-1919 and the Polish-Soviet War and Browne in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
Amazing video!
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching!
W video. L Napoleon
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Wow, you guys absolutely killed this. As always your quality over quantity pays off, you always make absolutely brilliant videos
Thank you for bringing the story of Alexander Dumas to light. I'm glad his son eventually turned out fine.
And his grandson son also. Look for. You will be amazed.
One of their descendants Alexandre Lipmann medalled in four Olympics for France in fencing
I never heard of this man before your video. I was completely gripped by this tale. I cried at the beginning when you told us about his father, mother and sisters. It's unspeakably cruel and evil. I don't know how he survived that to become the husband, father, and military man he was. The very tragic situation he had to navigate and keeping a sense of himself. He was incredibly brave and resilient. This is my first video of yours and it's one the best videos I've seen in a long time. Thank you!
History would never allow us to learn real history! I never knew majority of the Lenin henchmen were Jews. I didn’t know Stalin killed over 40 million people.
most of it fake
@@manymany4879 no u
My husband is South African Zulu and Japanese and an ex-soldier. I showed him this and my husband grew silent. My husband is a proud ex-soldier from South Africa and he loves to hear of men like him rising to great things. This was a wonderful image of a man and i see my husband and his struggles. We live in the USA but i can see that my husband struggled in his youth.
That sounds amazing and I'm glad he was able to learn that history. Tell your husband to look up another great military African leader named Malik Ambar, he won't be disappointed 👍😉.
@@c.b.5487 I have thank you very much my husband comes from a family military tradition his father served in the USAF and his grandfather immigrated from South Africa before WW2 and joined the US Army. My husband wanted to shake up family tradition and joined the SADF and was a radio operator fighting insurgency in Central Africa. His time was after Apartheid but he did face some racism for being not full blood Black African. My husband is also part Japanese and speaks my language very fluently and speaks Zulu and Dutch.
@@MayumiC-chan9377 If your Husband is Serious he needs to look into Toussaint L'Ouverture, that man not only liberated black slaves but he was also responsible for protecting white people as well hes the unspoken hero of the western world , your husband would LOVE him
@@MayumiC-chan9377 I do not know if y'all have any children, but please encourage your husband (and you as well) to pass on his education, knowledge and experience to your children as well as the youth in your area. Please find a way to do this. One of the biggest problems in America is our government run education giving us only a fraction of history and that fraction is distorted and biased. Most people in America aren't aware of the things like this (no matter the race). Thank you for sharing, God Bless.
@@MayumiC-chan9377 are you related to miyamoto Musashi by any chance??
That ending is as emotional and heartbreaking as that of your video on Stilichon.
The quality of these videos just keeps on blowing me away
Damn they need to make a movie or a series about this dude
Yea I agree not only was he a great fighter and general but he stands out as one of the few black people who managed to succeed in that time
He wasn't even black lol. There is a lot of portrait of him on the internet, tell me where you see the black skin lol
@@charlemagne6877 So was he not the song of a black slave or are you just putting your bias into display
@@dokorobia8713 try in English? Listen I don't even know that man lol I just Google him, and found pictures of him. He was not black lol just go on Google
@@charlemagne6877 I did the same thing and the pictures showed he was mixed. AND I saw the scholars research which is more important that your subjective asseasment of a painting. Dude I am not even trying to attack you. Just drop the pride and utilise your brain.
I'm very surprised that so many people haven't heard of him. I'd written two papers on him by the time I got to high school. Probably my favorite history based essay that I'd ever written.
Absolutely great video, I've heard and read of his story many many times but it doesn't get any less heartbreaking or captivating.
Dude, how do you only have 93,000 subscribers???? The quality of your videos is incredible, the research and presentation is excellent. I've never written this to any creator, but you absolutely deserve millions of subscribers. Also, I'm half black-half italian. My grandmother was from a small town in the Alps called Oulx. So this story was personal to me for multiple reasons. Thank you.
Thanks for the kind words Grant! We're hoping the video gets big--this man had an adventurous and inspiring life and more ought to know about it. Also it means a lot to us as creators that a video of ours touched you personally :)
@@HistoryDose best of luck guys. ill make sure to tell others!
Because people just like shit
@@HistoryDose I just rushed back up to subscribe. So worthwhile, compared to some stuff that we stumble across.
@@indrajitgupta3280 just did so
The quality of this dammit.
The fact that this doesn’t have more likes is crazy to me, this is the best documentary I’ve seen this year.
what an absolute legend of a man. you made it feel like i was watching a movie without me even knowing. i didnt realise it was nearly 40 minutes long. absolutely awesome
WTF .. I just checked I thought it was 20 minutes
First I wanna say whoever you had paint the images for this video is too talented second this man’s story is epic and I’m glad you brung this to light
Another video, another masterpiece.
Read "The Black Count" if you want a longer version of this.
There is also General Alexandre Dumas : Soldier of the French Revolution by John G. Gallaher, _ this actually pics up a few things Black count missed out on. The difference being is TomReiss only had an HOUR to compile his data before the french government took it away.
John had allot more time.
Thanks man will do
The Black Count was a fun read
@Umanfly Why tf are you here then???
@@thecraplordsell4575 He has to discredit anything black in order to feel good about himself, insecure racist
"He died in the the chasm between their espoused promises and the bleak reality." Damn dude, stop writing so well, my emotions can't take it.
This made me cry, such injustice should never exist, at last we live in an unjust world shaped by false promises of a better world.
You should take a look at Libya and a few other African countries where slavery is still alive and prospering....
@@nonnonn5927 what does that have to do with what he said?
And the French still speak of Napoleon as a hero of France. He neglects to mention that Napoleon deserted his army leaving them to be massacred after sneaking off back to France .
@@magnacarta9364Tell me what Emperor in History would let himself captured by the Enemy?
@@berserk9085 He deserted his army with all his generals, a coward. He was always cheap with the lives of his men.
I came to revise for a history test on the four russian dumas but i instead found this, which is honestly one of the best videos I've seen in a while
I knew the basic details of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas' life but this video put flesh on those bones & taught me about a truly remarkable man. Thank you for all of the hard work that went in to making this video
what a FANTASTIC telling of this legendary hero. You brought him to life in a way no one ever has. Well done!
Beautiful, it is just beautiful. A masterpiece of narration and cinematography
Absolutely amazing work of a natural storyteller. You've made something really special here!
Just a quick note though, you say that Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France, whereas actually he crowned himself Emperor of the French - a small distinction in a lot of eyes, but something that he himself thought incredibly important.
Thanks for your kind words. And good catch! Should’ve used the actual title there.
Just to add a bit of historical trivia... All of the french kings, and frankish kings before that, were styled "king of the franks" (rex francorum), a type of title recognized by the Roman empire for their client barbarian rulers (ruler of a people, not of a fixed territory). Philipp Augustus was the first to style himself "king of France".
He was such a prideful Jack ass. I really have learned to hate Napoleon.
@@FlaviusConstantinus306 that’s because Hannibal was a general not a statesman-general
This one took my breath away. Thank you so much!
You spirit Sir A Dumas has arrived here and it's stirred many. May you live on through those that are humbled by your struggles while you were on earth.
There weren’t a lot of good men back then but this story just goes to show that they were still out there, this man was a true embodiment of a hero.
It should be illegal that this has only 10k views, actually the best content on youtube. Keep it up ❤
I've read about Napoleon but never of Dumas.Thank you so much
Whoever writes the scripts for these is a master
How is there not a Hollywood Blockbuster about this guy? This is amazing
@@nogent4213 Do you boycott all forms of historical movies, space operas and every piece of media where it doesn't make sense for the characters to speak a language spoken nowadays?
This shit is so high quality it's actually hard to believe... you deserve so much
Keep it up 💯
This man deserves a movie for all he did. Great video!!!
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Every comment talks about the Creator and not the content. Idiots
This is an amazing video of a larger than life man. General Alex Dumas was a soldier’s general who fought alongside and often in front of his men. He was, of course, trained as a swordsman by the best, COL Joseph Bologne, who was a virtuoso violinist. To have lived in that time and fought with him would have been an immeasurable honor and privilege. His son, Alexandre Dumas, did him justice and honor in his masterpiece books as one of the most prolific authors in his time and now in any future we can imagine!
I’m in the middle of the video but holy cow this is insane in production
Geez, no wonder Alex Jr. wrote such great heroes, he was modeling them after his dad! What a guy!
This was amazingly done, thank you for bringing this to light. I could feel my heart dropping and sinking as the story progressed, truly some advanced storytelling. I felt fully immersed the whole time and even though this is one of your longest videos it went by so quick. Thank you for this so much.
So far, this is my absolute favorite video you guys have made yet and what turned me instantly into a fan. Such a great testament to a human story. The art, the narration.... fantastic!
This video is the best history video I’ve ever seen. I do not understand how you are not competing with oversimplified for the best history channel. Your quality and detail of work is beautiful. Honestly I check this channel every day to see if you have posted. Thank you for teaching me so much about history. Truly beautiful.
Thanks so much! Shooting for mid January for the next release. I’m really excited about the next video.
The production quality is breathtaking.
This is a history video that literally made me cry....what an amazing and little spoken figure. Thank you for this. And happy new year.
An outstanding retrospective on the life and times of Gen. Thomas Alexander Dumas. Well worth the time to learn of a man who gave his all only to be cast aside by his superiors.
This is one of the greatest things I've ever heard in my life, this is a man that Hollywood needs to make a blockbuster about my gosh I had Goosebumps at more than one occasion this man was freaking hero and his contribution to history needs to be acknowledged
Haiti forever ♥️
Hollyweird is ran by racist ✡️🔯🕎.
Wow the editing, narration, and overall story telling was absolutely amazing I loved every second of this video. I love hearing and visually seeing stories like this and learning about history in general, especially since he’s Haitian leading other men into during the peak of slavery. Incredible story honestly I would love to see more like this, I’d even donate towards a Patreon to see more stories like these
Nice entire movie about Dumas, LOL! So many incredible paintings to fill out the story. The History Dose painting style is both gritty and dream-like at the same time. The script and story probably took a painfully high amount of research and reading, which is awesome.
This was like stepping into another world, except it somehow actually happened. It was great that you took the time to set up Dumas's early lifestyle and training; makes me care even more about the character throughout, and makes it kinda believable that he could survive so many death defying battles. Let's see, Dumas survived fighting in the extreme danger of icy cliffs, the absolutely insane July Sahara Desert (like 150 miles trecking + battles), being badly wounded on the head and more whilst being very outnumbered, those 3 mentioned duels before he entered the war (I'm guessing they were with real swords), rotting away in the prison cell like forever, and all the battles in between, and the emotional damage of his family issues. This guy had an immortal aura to him in the story, which was incredible. Of course he had to die of freaking stomach cancer, which i bet was somehow the result of the jail's poor nutrition, sanitation, temperature, and possibly being poisoned within the jail.
The saddest part though, was the wife and children never receiving the military reimbursement they were owed. If you thought being a single mom was tough today.... That part just epitomized the truth that the country did not deserve Dumas. A lot like the Roman Empire didn't deserve Stilicho.
Thank you so much for this insightful and powerful movie.
This is literally one of the best pieces of historical media I've ever consumed.
I'm Haitian and this made me cry. You earned yourself a subscriber
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Thanks for your support! Got you credited in the description :)
@@HistoryDose been obsessed with your work. You guys really outdid yourself with this one. I keep a scrapbook premiere rush project going with editing inspiration and a good chunk of it is you guys. I’m a huge fan of content that educates as well as entertains. Also the artwork in this one is unbelievable. I gotta stop going on like this but man… big fan that’s all I can say haha
Thank you! Means a lot. A lot of painstaking editing and fine-tuning goes into each one (especially this one), and we always hope the effort shines through. We’ve got a good chunk of the artwork from this episode available to view on Joe’s art page, linked in the description.
Best,
Chris
@@HistoryDose where are you guys getting the music? It fits really well. If you guys ever want original scores hit me up
We relied heavily on Epidemic Sound and Soundstripe for this one. The ending score is by Scott Buckley.
We'll definitely keep the original score in mind! Thanks again for the kind words.
What a life this man led! I'm grateful for his and his wife's accomplishments, especially in regards to their son Alexander, one of my favorite authors.
You, sir, are a masterful storyteller in your own right. You did justice to the life of Thomas. Thank you for this magnificent piece. 💜🌍🍀
What an incredible documentary on Dumas! The information and visuals were spectacular. Such a powerful man and legacy he has. I hope we all continue to shed a light on his story.
This isn't just one of the best history videos I've seen on RUclips, but one of the very best videos I've seen on RUclips period. Such a great narration, great art style animation. Stellar.
This video just popped up in my feed - brilliant - of course, the tragedy of the megalomaniacal Corse’s betrayal becomes gradually more known, but all the details of Dumas’ childhood & life / most history focuses on the life of his son... the research, storytelling with these great images ... superbe!
I Decided to watch this movie before going to bed. At the end, I was sitting in the dark with eyes open but in a daze. I Didn't know Thomas Alexandre's story ended tragically.
Great job sharing his story. One of the best documentaries I've seen in a while.
Dumas was an incredible man, his story would make an epic movie! Thanks for this amazing history lesson!
I am in tears after watching this heart-wrenching video. General Dumas' story is worthy of an amazing film! Thank you so much for all your efforts in making this vid!
I tell everyone about this channel the content is truly amazing.
This is an excellent video! Everyone should read all they can about General Thomas Alexander Dumas, especially if you consider yourself to be or want to be a warrior/soldier & a leader. Napoleon rightfully got credit for directing & winning wars, but General Dumas was actually fighting & winning all the battles. That man deserves his place in world history along side the great warriors, great generals & great fighters for freedom & liberty.
Interesting. So are you a soldier yourself? I'll try and get books on this great man. Saddens me as a black man that very little is known about this great general 😔😔
Napoleon Fought Battles himself.
@@vinz4066 Yup. More than anyone is history and it's not even a little bit close.
Napoleon was crazy when he was younger, as a junior officer....
He fought in many battles and distinguished himself for bravery.....
He was not born as Emperor lol
@@pompeythegreat297
He did and got injured too
But Dumas had better resume of daring feats
Napoleon was the better general
Dumas was like a commando navy seals kinda guy leading a small company or platoon sure he lead troops as general too of cavalry in Egypt but his time was cut short and died before Napoleon a broken man broke and destitute not a pension given thanks to Emperor Napoleon
How isn't this channel more popular! I've watched all your videos already since yesterday. Brilliantly made. Please keep up the good work.
Wow thanks for the binge :)
We'll have a longer one coming out soon to--should help your appetite.
Best told story about General Dumas! Amazing Content creators here everyone! I found history dose today and will be binging the crap out of their videos!
I know your other videos are amazing, but for some reason this one is in a league of it's own. Truly inspiring all around - the story telling, the music, the editing, the art, all of it. I would pay money to watch this in a movie theatre before I pay to see 200M budget flash and trash marvel movies. Well done sir, you are both clearly masters of your craft and I appreciate your work.
What a fantastic story! What made me feel sad though, is the fact that throughout history, regardless of place, race, creed or culture, men of honor like Dumas are unsung and often die in poverty and squalor, while vain, greedy and ruthless despots rule us all to this day.
Not what I expected when I pressed on this video, FAR surpassed expectations!
This story both interested me massively but also saddened me, but life often has no "happy ever after".
I just wanna say you guys are so fucking amazing. The voice and the editing really gets you immersed, as if it were a story or a video game. You feel things for these historical figures because of the tone of the narrator’s voice being so sincere and dramatic at the same time, and the genius editing making you constantly glued to the screen. Fucking beautiful, every bit of this channel is gold.
That was awesome, History Dose! I knew Duma was Black, but I never knew anything about his father! What a total swashbuckler! It is clear where the son got his story writing material from! Magnificent tale, guys, keep up the excellent work!
He's half white on his father's side, half black from his mother.
@@Sercer25 Yeah but he's only "black" by the simplistic American concept of race. To the French, he was a Frenchman, his skin color is secondary.
@@magivkmeister6166 It isnt an 'American concept' Anywhere outside of Europe, skin color and race are very, very harshly important.
Europeans have decided that they have transcended human nature and our primitive past, and therefor race is a 'social construct.'
It's denying reality. He also isn't black, he was half black. The picture they used didn't even look close to what he looks like.
@@magivkmeister6166 He says about a man who was treated like shit for his skin color by frenchmen his entire life.
@@Sercer25 You couldn't just say his mother was black and his father was white? You need to bring in the 'half' distinction? What are you inferring?
My goodness! That video was AMAZING, I basically never comment on, react to videos, or subscribe to channels, but the story you chose was just stunning and the production, narrative, and the way this video was put together are god level tier, I learned so much about this amazing man and even his son, who I didn’t realize was that author, you’ve wholly earned a subscription!