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Article: Jean Baptist Pointe Du Sable. (March 13, 1773, on this day he opened a trading post at Eschikagou which became Chicago, Il)(This Week in Black History)(Brief Article)
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- March 18, 1996
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March 13, 1973--
Jean Baptist Pointe Du Sable, historic Black American pioneer, was the first known settler to build a house and open a trading post in what is now known as Chicago on this day. Du Sable was most intriguing man. Born in Haiti, he was in Paris and later worked as a seaman for his father. Fearful of being enslaved after being shipwrecked in New Orleans, he traveled north and settled in Eschikagou. There he married a Potawatami Indian and raised two children. During that time be became well known as a fur ...
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... ... potential. The man was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, and he recognized that this spot could ... believe he was born in Haiti about 1745. Du Sable and a friend, so the story goes, first arrived in New Orleans to get supplies for du Sable's father, who owned a warehouse in ...
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