A nod to Undercover Black Man who nominated the subject of today's Mixed Experience History Month.
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was the acclaimed author of The Three Musketeers, and The Count of Monte Cristo, among many other timeless novels and plays. Dumas was the grandson of a French nobleman and an Afro-Carribbean former slave. Raised by his widowed mother, Dumas grew up in poverty. He developed a love for reading and books as a child despite his poor education. At 20, Dumas moved to Paris and began writing plays. He met great success as a playwright and soon began writing novels. In 1843, Dumas addressed issues of mixed-race identity in a novella, Georges. Of his own Mixed experience, he reportedly said: "It is true. My father was a mulatto, my grandmother was a negress, and my great-grandparents were monkeys. In short, sir, my pedigree begins where yours ends."
