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Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable

c. 1745–1818

Haiti / United States

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Biography

Point du Sable established a prosperous trading post at the mouth of the Chicago River in the 1780s and is honored as the founder of the city.

1867–1919

1759–1817

1818–1891