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Jean Lafitte At Barataria Bay

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Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823) was a French pirate, privateer, and slave trader who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte". This has become the common spelling in the United States, including places named after him.

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Anonymous portrait of Jean Lafitte, early 19th century, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, TexasanonymousPublic domainWikimedia Commons
FRBMTO-047-002 Jean Charles Edouard Lafitte. PortraitEuropeana 1914-1918CC BY-SA 3.0Europeana

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