Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable was a Haitian-born trader and pioneer widely recognized as the founder of the city of Chicago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founder of Chicago
person
pioneer
trader
activity agriculture
fur trade
trade with Native American nations
associatedWith Chicago River
Great Lakes fur trade
Lake Michigan
Potawatomi
surface form: Potawatomi people
children Jean Baptiste Point du Sable self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Jr.

Suzanne Point du Sable
citizenship French colonial subject
commemoratedBy DuSable Bridge
surface form: DuSable Bridge in Chicago

DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center
surface form: DuSable Museum of African American History

DuSable Park in Chicago
continentOfBirth North America
countryOfOrigin Haiti
ethnicOrigin African
familyName Point du Sable
fieldOfWork frontier trade and settlement
founded first permanent settlement at Chicago
trading post at the Chicago River
givenName Jean-Baptiste
surface form: Jean Baptiste
heritage Afro-Haitian
historicalEra 18th century
early 19th century
honoredIn Chicago city seal and monuments
knownFor being the founder of Chicago
establishing the first permanent non-Indigenous settlement at the site of Chicago
languageSpoken English
French
Indigenous languages of the Great Lakes region
legacy recognized as the founder of Chicago
symbol of early Black presence in the Midwest
name Jean Baptiste Point du Sable self-link
notableWork early trading post at the mouth of the Chicago River
occupation farmer
merchant
pioneer
trader
placeOfBirth French colony of Saint-Domingue
French colony of Saint-Domingue
surface form: Saint-Domingue
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Chicago metropolitan area
surface form: Chicago area

Illinois Country
Peoria, Illinois, United States
surface form: Peoria, Illinois area

St. Charles, Missouri
surface form: St. Charles, Missouri area
sexOrGender male
spouse Kitihawa
spouseEthnicBackground Potawatomi

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DuSable Bridge namedAfter Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
Chicago (via Jane Addams) foundedBy Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
subject surface form: Chicago
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable name Jean Baptiste Point du Sable self-link
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable children Jean Baptiste Point du Sable self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Jr.