Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable
American
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1745/00/00 | Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable is born in Haiti (then St Domingue). His father was a French sea captain and his mother was an ex-slave. | Born | Haiti | ||||
1779/00/00 | By 1779, Du Sable builds the first permanent home on the north bank of the Chicago River. He also built a trading post. Trappers were well paid for their fur pelts and Du Sable sold them supplies and tools. | Significant name | Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite | Chicago |
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