What does a Christmas ballet about dancing sweets have to do with the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte? And what does either of them have to do with the forgotten story of the son of an enslaved African woman who became the highest ranking general of African descent in European history?

Find out in this episode!

sources:

https://archive.org/details/cu31924088381086

https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/alexandre-dumas-1824-1895/

https://www.google.com/search?q=books+and+plays+written+by+alexandre+dumas&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#wgvs=e

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