The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo is a 2012 biography of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas written by Tom Reiss. The book presents the life and career of Dumas as a soldier and officer during the French Revolution, as well as his military service in Italy during the French Revolutionary …
A 1849 Haitian Legion of Honor – (established in 1849), Officer’s Badge in Gold and enamels, 42.75mm (x 61.6mm including crown suspension), of fine quality, French manufacture, enamel repair to reverse center, in very fine condition, and very rare. Source: eMedals
This book brings to light the contributions of Haitian statesman Baron de Vastey in the development of postcolonial and critical race theory. The book demonstrates the influence of de Vastey’s writings and the work of prominent nineteenth and early twentieth-century abolitionists and anti-colonialists. Finally the work argues for the significance of writing by people of color …
Don Gabriel García Moreno y Morán de Butrón, Duke of the Holy Faith (1821-1875), President of Ecuador, was a contemporary of Faustin I. He was a direct descendent of the first Conquerors and Spanish aristocracy arrived to South America in the 1500s to the Viceroyalty of Peru (now Peru and Ecuador). The oldest and most …
En 1768, Jean-Valentin Vastey, un jeune paysan normand, part tenter fortune à Saint-Domingue. C’est alors la colonie la plus juteuse du royaume. Et la chance lui sourit bientôt. Il épouse la fille d’un riche planteur. On la dira liée à la famille d’Alexandre Dumas. Voilà Jean-Valentin à la tête de 80 captifs. Mais le vent …
