Full Name
Date of Birth
Around 1745
Place of Birth
St. Marc, Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti)
Education
Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable received some education in France
Spouse’s Name
Kitihawa (also known as Catherine)
Children’s Names
Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable and his wife had two children, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Jr. and Suzanne
Affiliated Organizations’ Names
Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable was a frontier trader, trapper, and farmer. He established a prosperous trading post and farm along the northern bank of the Chicago River near Lake Michigan around 1779. He is recognized as the founder of the city of Chicago.
Additional Information
Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable was born to a French father and a Black African slave mother. He traveled with his father to France, where he received some education. He arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1765. He migrated north, up the Mississippi River, later settling in an area near present-day Peoria, Illinois. He sold his trading post on May 7, 1800, and moved to St. Charles, Missouri. He died on August 28, 1818, in St. Charles.