# Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

> early founder of Chicago

**Wikidata**: [Q492555](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q492555)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Point_du_Sable)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/jean-baptiste-point-du-sable


## References

1. Find a Grave
2. Virtual International Authority File
3. BlackPast.org
4. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
5. du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point (1745?–28 August 1818), explorer and merchant
6. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013