Fiction In 1953, Shirley Graham drew from the work of Quaife and Jeremie in a historical novel about Point duSable. She described it as "not accurate history nor pure fiction", but rather "an imaginative interpretation of all the known facts". This book presented Point duSable as the son of the mate on a pirate ship, the Black Sea Gull, and a freedwoman called Suzanne. Despite lack of evidence and the continued debate about Point duSable's early life, parentage, and birthplace, this popular story has been repeated and widely presented as being definitive.
Fiction In 1953 Shirley Graham drew from the work of Quaife and Jeremie in a historical novel about Point duSable She described it as "not accurate history nor pure fiction" but rather "an imaginative interpretation of all the known facts" This book presented Point duSable as the son of the mate on a pirate ship the Black Sea Gull and a freedwoman called Suzanne Despite lack of evidence and the continued debate about Point duSable's early life parentage and birthplace this popular story has been repeated and widely presented as being definitive