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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pwɛ̃ dy sɑbl]; also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; [n 1] before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as ...
Oct 21, 2023 · This is the journey and struggles of Haitian immigrant Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable, whose entrepreneurial spirit led him to become a Black man of enormous wealth in an era in America when that was nearly impossible.
Aug 24, 2024 · Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable (born 1750?, St. Marc, Sainte-Domingue [now Haiti]?—died August 28, 1818, St. Charles, Missouri, U.S.) was a pioneer trader who founded the settlement that later became the city of Chicago. He is considered the “Father of Chicago.”
Jul 10, 2023 · Sometime in the mid-1780s, Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable, a Black man from Saint-Domingue, and his Potawatomi wife, Kitihawa, settled with their family on a swampy site near Lake Michigan called Eschecagou, “land of the wild onions.”
Feb 24, 2024 · Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Or Haitian Secret Agent in the Old Northwest Outpost 1745-1818, has been a helpful tool in her research. Joseph talked about the oral traditions that kept DuSable’s memory alive for centuries and the people who honored those traditions.
Jun 29, 2021 · Who Was Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, the New Namesake of Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive? Chicago leaders voted to rename the city’s iconic lakeside roadway after a Black trader and the first...
Aug 6, 2024 · In the late 1700s, one of the most prolific fur traders in Ontario was a man named Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a free Black man whose territory stretched all the way from the St. Clair...
