Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable 1788

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (1745?-1818) was the first non Native American Chicagoan settler and city's first black settler. He is believed to have been born in Haiti sometime before 1750. His biography is developed from records British or American governments.

Point du Sable was a fur trader with an official license from the British government. Du Sable managed a trading post in Indiana.

In 1788 du Sable owned a farm in Chicago and lived there with his wife Catherine and their children.

Suzanne Point du Sable, Jean Baptiste and Catherine's daughter, was married in 1790 and bore a daughter, Eulalie, in 1796. Her brother, Jean Baptiste Jr., worked as a trader on the Missouri River. He died in 1814.

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There is a high school in south Chicago named after du Sable. It was always fun to hear their cheerleaders sing:

"Wobble Wobble Wobble, Were from DuSable.

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