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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (or Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable) (before 1750 – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent resident of what became Chicago, Illinois. Little is known of his life prior to the 1770s. In 1779, he was living on the site of present-day Michigan City, Indiana, when he was arrested by the British military on suspicion of being an American sympathizer in the American Revolutionary War.

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  • Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (or Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable) (before 1750 – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent resident of what became Chicago, Illinois. Little is known of his life prior to the 1770s. In 1779, he was living on the site of present-day Michigan City, Indiana, when he was arrested by the British military on suspicion of being an American sympathizer in the American Revolutionary War.
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  • Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
  • Point du Sable, Jean Baptiste
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  • Founder of Chicago
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  • Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable
  • Point de Sable, Jean Baptiste; Point au Sable, Jean Baptiste; Pointe du Sable, Jean Baptiste; Point Sable, Jean Baptiste
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