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Race & Ethnicity

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PurgedVoter

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Thu Feb 13, 2025, 11:19 PM Feb 13

My Favorite Fun Fact. [View all]

A black man was Napoleon's General of the French Army of the Alps. Born a slave, joined as a private and rose to command 53,000 troops. His son, also black, though few people realize it, is even more famous since Alexandre Dumas wrote, "The Three Musketeers."

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