Jean Baptiste Point du Sable is regarded as the first permanent non-native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois. Wikipedia
Born: 1745, Saint-Marc, Haiti
Died: August 28, 1818 (age 73 years), Saint Charles, MO
Children: Susanne Point du Sable and Jean Point du Sable
Known for: Founder of Chicago
Spouse: Kitihawa Point du Sable (also known as, Catherine)
Other names: Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable
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Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable was born in St.Marc, St. Domingue (present-day Haiti) around 1745 to a French father and a Black African slave mother.
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