tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post5622221444837894399..comments2024-03-14T23:42:44.959+01:00Comments on AFRO-EUROPE: REVIEW: The Black Count: a real-life action hero in FranceAfro-Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-38393128343600686262013-01-12T22:37:40.109+01:002013-01-12T22:37:40.109+01:00You're welcome, and we all thank YOU for the a...You're welcome, and we all thank YOU for the added fact that the Baron de Vastey was Alexandre Dumas' maternal cousin! (This blog gets better by the hour!)<br /><br />I've said it once and I'll say it a thousand times "until the cows come home" that:<br />The more African-descendants and continental Africans are fully-armed with this type of powerful information that, we played a part in the world's cultural, intellectual, historical formation,---even during the "Dark", Middle, and Enlightenment Ages of Europe, the more self assured we become!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896531632878621005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-24372242680449460192013-01-12T21:33:28.319+01:002013-01-12T21:33:28.319+01:00Thank you John. I neglected to point out that Baro...Thank you John. I neglected to point out that Baron de Vastey was Dumas' maternal cousin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-89911492259533316552013-01-12T20:23:47.922+01:002013-01-12T20:23:47.922+01:00MUCH THANKS, "Anonymous", for sharing th...MUCH THANKS, "Anonymous", for sharing this! I tell you, the knowledge of you guys at this blog about OURSTORY is amazing! More, more, more! :-)Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896531632878621005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-7825176413460752632013-01-12T04:06:00.240+01:002013-01-12T04:06:00.240+01:00Thomas-Alexandre Dumas' cousin was Pompée Vale...Thomas-Alexandre Dumas' cousin was Pompée Valentin, Baron de Vastey,he was the propagandist of the Haitian kingdom set up by Henri Christophe in the northern part of Haiti. He wrote the following tracts:Le Système Colonial Dévoilé (1814)<br /> Réflexions Adressées aux Haïtiens de l'Ouest et du Sud (1815)<br /> Le Cri de la Patrie (1815)<br /> Réflexions sur une lettre de Mazères : ex-colon français, adressée à M. J.C.L. Sismonde de Sismondi, sur les noirs et les blancs, la civilisation de l'Afrique, le royaume d'Hayti, etc. (1816)<br /> Réflexions Politiques sur quelques Ouvrages et Journaux Français Concernant Haïti (English: Political Remarks upon Certain French Publications and Journals Concerning Haiti), 1817<br /> Essai sur les Causes de la Révolution et des Guerres Civiles en Haïti (English: An Essay on the Causes of the Revolution and Civil Wars of Haiti), 1819<br /> Le Cri de la Conscience (1815). The fact that his cousin was a writer as well as his son and grandson indicates that the "gene" to write was inherited from the black side of his family.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-7969461409024827572013-01-07T07:14:19.114+01:002013-01-07T07:14:19.114+01:00Wow, this is shocking stuff! That was some amazing...Wow, this is shocking stuff! That was some amazing research by Tom Reiss. Congs to him! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858755392527578910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-31624683961630545442013-01-04T16:00:59.443+01:002013-01-04T16:00:59.443+01:00Anouska Kock,
Thanks for writing a review of Tom ...Anouska Kock,<br /><br />Thanks for writing a review of Tom Reiss’ historical biography on General Dumas, <i>The Black Count</i>.<br /><br />I like your conversational but still informative style of writing, and I hope to read more of it on this Afro-Europe blog.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-16848974440996899022013-01-04T15:28:28.409+01:002013-01-04T15:28:28.409+01:00In the movie DJango, one of the characters mention...In the movie DJango, one of the characters mentions Dumas as being the black author of the "Three Musketeers." I never knew the history of the author and I am glad to read more about Dumas' history on this site. <br /><br />Thanks for the wonderful history lesson.<br /><br />LauraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-36208660157083730802013-01-04T04:06:51.565+01:002013-01-04T04:06:51.565+01:00I'm so excited I can hardly steady my fingers ...I'm so excited I can hardly steady my fingers to type! THIS is what we, members of the African Diaspora, need for our sou'ls healing! THIS is what we need to know about! The TRUTH that, from pre-liberated Haiti, arose a GIANT African-descendant, to be immortalized as the Count of Monte Cristo!<br /><br />I ran over to my public library. No luck. ALL COPIES CHECKED OUT, and there are 20 holds on all copies that are returned. So I've ordered it. Thanks, Anouska Kock and Afro-Europe, for letting us know about this jewel! I hope it doesn't take too long for me to receive my copy!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896531632878621005noreply@blogger.com