Several of Lafitte's men were arrested and convicted of piracy. Constructed prior to 1732, the structure stands today as possibly the oldest building in the United States housing a bar (Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar).[98][99]. The building was surrounded by a moat and painted red; it became known as Maison Rouge. Smugglers would purchase the slaves for a discounted price, march them to Louisiana, and turn them in to customs officials. [60] By early 1817, other revolutionaries had begun to congregate at Galveston, hoping to make it their base to wrest Mexico from Spanish control. The crew would create a manifest that listed not the provisions that had been purchased, but smuggled items stored at Barataria. Dissatisfied with their role as brokers, in October 1812 the Lafitte brothers purchased a schooner and hired Captain Trey Cook to sail it. He also ran a blacksmith shop in New Orleans, his legitimate business. They were held in port under custody of the United States marshal. His brother Pierre Lafitte was a blacksmith. [60], On December 23, advance units of the British fleet reached the Mississippi River. [55], Patterson praised the Barataria men who served on one of the US Navy ships, and whose skill with artillery was greater than their British counterparts. During Mexico's fight for independence, revolutionaries encouraged Lafitte to attack Spanish ships and keep the booty. When they had disembarked and were surrounded by his men, Lafitte identified himself to them. Jean Saint-Pierre tudie au petit sminaire de Larressore et au sminaire de Bayonne ; il est ordonn prtre le 23 septembre 1908 [2], puis entre l'Institut catholique de Toulouse.En 1910, il obtient son doctorat en thologie l'universit pontificale grgorienne de Rome.Entre 1910 et 1912, Jean Saint-Pierre est vicaire de la paroisse de Saint-Andr Bayonne, et de . By 1810, he had started a colony on Barataria in Barataria . Lafitte wanted to avoid a Spanish invasion. [He] is supposed to have captured one hundred vessels of all nations, and certainly murdered the crews of all that he took, for no one has ever escaped him. Lafitte said he lived in San Diego and had been employed for the last three years as a special investigator for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. (The British were allied with Spain against the French and the US.) Lafitte was granted a commission and given a new ship, a 43-ton schooner named General Santander in honor to Vice-President General Francisco de Paula Santander. [13] He was educated with his brother at a military academy on Saint Kitts. Slaves captured in such actions who were turned over to the customs office would be sold within the United States, with half the profits going to the people who turned them in. Like Barataria, Galveston was a seaward island that protected a large inland bay. [55] Jackson responded, "I ask you, Louisianans, can we place any confidence in the honor of men who have courted an alliance with pirates and robbers? According to Ramsay, Lafitte and his older brother Pierre and their widowed mother migrated to New Orleans in the 1780s. Lafitte tried to convince the Americans that they had nothing to fear from him. The headquarters consisted of a two-storey building facing the inland harbor, where landings were made. [3] The current business traces its roots to Roger 'Tom' Caplinger, who in the mid-1940s turned the old abandoned shop into Caf Lafitte. This account of Lafitte's death is not accepted by all historians. [8], Biographer William C. Davis suggests a different childhood for Lafitte. [44], Captain Nicholas Lockyer, the commander of the Sophie, had been ordered to contact the "Commandant at Barataria". A number of details about Jean Lafitte's early life remain obscure - often they contradict each other. Jean Lafitte, n dans les annes 1770-1780 dans le Sud-Ouest de la France ou peut-tre Saint-Domingue, et mort vraisemblablement entre 1823 et 1827 1, est un flibustier franais qui cumait le golfe du Mexique au dbut du XIXe sicle. It was cloudy with low visibility. [33] Many of the city's merchants were also unhappy with this auction, because it allowed their customers to buy goods directly from Lafitte at a lower price than the merchants could charge. [79] In October or November 1821, Lafitte's ship was ambushed as he attempted to ransom a recent prize. He was nursed back to health by Emma Hortense Mortimer. Jean Lafitte was probably born in the early 1780s in either France or the French colony of St. Domingue (now Haiti) in the Caribbean. The United States made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Pierre was raised by extended family elsewhere in Louisiana. It destroyed four ships and most buildings. [57] He formally requested clemency for the Lafittes and the men who had served under them. He and his elder brother, Pierre, spelled their last name Laffite, but English-language documents of the time used "Lafitte". 1512. [76] Almost half of the combined crew refused to sail as pirates; Lafitte allowed them to leave aboard his largest ship, the brig General Victoria. [90] By this time, Lafitte's only known son, Jean Pierre Lafitte, had died in October 1832 during a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans. The Laffites subsequently became spies for the Spanish during the Mexican War of Independence. By 1810, their new port was very successful; the Lafittes pursued a successful smuggling operation and also started to engage in piracy. Lafitte attempted to take what appeared to be two Spanish merchant vessels on the night of February 4. Others formed three artillery companies. Their patrols and interventions reduced the number of active pirates in the region. The Spanish ships appeared to be fleeing but, at 10:00 pm, turned back for a frontal counterattack against Lafitte's ship. Brands, Lafitte "was French, Spanish or Jewish depending on who was asking.". Widely publicized, the raid was hailed by the Niles' Weekly Register as "a major conquest for the United States". [72] Ships operating from Galveston flew the flag of Mexico, but they did not participate in the revolution. . Only six houses survived as habitable. Antiquaires Magazine. The American warship which captured him turned Lafitte over to the local authorities, who promptly released him. Trait Du Vide Parfait By Lie Tseu Jean Jacques Lafitte Trait Du Vide Parfait By Lie Tseu Jean Jacques Lafitte Le fondeur et le sculpteur Rpertoire Publications de. . [123][124], There were also plans to connect the Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion attraction and Tom Sawyer's island using Laffite. [56] On land and sea, the former pirate gunners earned praise as the battle continued. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In exchange, the king asked for Lafitte and his forces to promise to assist in the naval fight against the United States and to return any recent property that had been captured from Spanish ships. Littrature par Jean Pierre Luminet. [82] Lafitte reportedly took immense amounts of treasure with him, and was accompanied by his mulatta mistress[who?] Wounded in the battle, Lafitte is believed to have died just after dawn on February 5. The crew would create a manifest that listed not the provisions that had been purchased, but smuggled items stored at Barataria. Annual income reached more than $2 million ($35.4million in today's terms) in stolen currency and goods. La journaliste a elle aussi tmoign de son admiration et de sa confiance en Frdric . In his alleged journal, Lafitte describes childhood in the home of his Jewish grandmother, who was full of stories about the familys escape from the Inquisition. Like Barataria, Galveston was a seaward island that protected a large inland bay. The couple had six children, including at least three daughters. Many of the smugglers wanted to lynch the British men, but Lafitte intervened and placed guards outside his home to ensure their protection. The smugglers wounded one of the officers and safely escaped with the contraband. Catiche became pregnant and gave birth to their son, Jean Pierre, on November 4, 1815. Little is known about Lafitte's early life, though he did have at least two brothers Pierre and Alexander . [74] Lafitte's men buried some of the cargo on the island and ran the captured vessel aground, but an American patrol spotted the ship and after investigating, discovered the buried cargo. Lafitte's criminal industry was a success throughout. In 1777 he married Isabelle Roche. [36], In October, a revenue officer prepared an ambush of a band of Lafitte's smugglers. Pierre was the historically less-well-known older brother of Jean Lafitte. Within a short period, Lafitte's men abandoned their ships, set several on fire, and fled the area. [5] No samples of his writing survive, except his signature; his surviving letters were always written by a secretary. Nouveautes Tous les objets Recherche avance. The journal was republished in the 1990s as "The Memoirs of Jean Laffite." A major theme in the memoir/journal is Lafitte's change of heart from slave trader to anti-slavery activist. Geni requires JavaScript! [13] When Claiborne returned to office, he was relatively quiet on the subject. They had his only known son, Jean Pierre Lafitte (d. 1832). [87] The congressional delegation in Louisiana began to demand that the federal government do something to halt the smuggling, and more US Navy ships were sent to the Gulf. The corsairs aimed the artillery at the Karankawa, killing most of the men in the tribe. [62], Patterson praised the Barataria men who served on one of the US Navy ships, and whose skill with artillery was greater than their British counterparts. 3 and 4. [4] Lafitte likely helped his brother to sell or trade the captured merchandise. She was the sister of Marie Villard, the mistress of his brother, Pierre. 4500+ REFERENCES IN STOCK | 4.9/5 | 4.9/5 | 3 and 4. The Spanish ships were heavily armed privateers or warships and returned heavy fire. Though Lafitte warned the other Baratarians of a possible military attack on their base of operations, an American naval force successfully invaded in September 1814 and captured most of Lafitte's fleet. Lafitte agreed to leave the island without a fight, and on May 7, 1821 departed on The Pride. The case went to trial in October and the government's second prosecution witness answered to the name of Jean-Pierre Lafitte but as he approached the stand he was recognised as Gus Manoletti. The ship would sail to the mouth of Bayou Lafourche, load the contraband goods, and sail "legally" back to New Orleans, with goods listed on a certified manifest. The man also owned documents claiming Lafi tte lived until the 1850s and was buried in Alton, Illinois. They established themselves on the small and sparsely populated island of Barataria, in Barataria Bay. He was accompanied by six gunboats and a tender. [5], Lafitte's native language was clearly French, though the specific dialect is a matter of some debate. On September 3, 1814, the British ship HMS Sophie fired on a pirate ship returning to Barataria. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte". In 1784, his mother married Pedro Aubry, a New Orleans merchant, and kept . [5]France[edit], The biographer William C. Davis reports a different childhood for Lafitte. He and his older brother, Pierre, patrolled the Gulf of Mexico as . The ship would sail to the mouth of Bayou Lafourche, load the contraband goods, and sail "legally" back to New Orleans, with goods listed on a certified manifest. C'est par ici. Many of the city's merchants were unhappy with this auction, because it allowed their customers to buy goods directly from Lafitte at a lower price than the merchants could charge in the city. By 1810, the island had become a booming port. Son of Jean Francois Bouet and Marie Marianne De Lafitte According to his 2005 book, Lafitte was born in or near Pauillac, France, the son of Pierre Lafitte and his second wife, Marguerite Desteil. Lafitte conducted most of his business aboard his ship, The Pride, where he also lived. [91] When Lafitte and other pirates operating in the area began attacking merchant ships carrying legal goods to Cuba, they angered Cuban officials. Lafitte and his band of. [30] The US built warships to operate on the Great Lakes but in other areas supplemented its navy by offering letters of marque to privately-owned armed vessels. While not as much of a sailor as his brother, he was the public face of the Lafitte operation . He and his brother Pierre alternately claimed to have been born in Bayonne, while other documents of the time place his birthplace as St. Malo or Brest. After his three children were grown, Lafitte fell sick in his 50s. Quand il est finalement devenu le visage de la chane, cela lui a pris plus de 30 ans. Omoa was the site of the largest Spanish fort in Central America, built to guard the Spanish silver shipments from the mines of Tegucigalpa to overseas destinations. Their son, baptized Jean on February 7, 1779, was a mariner and immigrated to the French West Indies . [73] Aury returned to Galveston several months later, but he left in July when he realized that the men were unwilling to revolt. Full text of Trait de pathologie interne et du th. [41] He had also been told in August that American officials were planning an assault on Barataria with forces under the command of Commodore Daniel Patterson. [116] Handwriting analysis experts affirmed that conclusion. [76] Lafitte forged letters of marque from an imaginary nation to fraudulently authorize all the ships sailing from Galveston as privateers. [85] Almost half of the combined crew refused to sail as pirates; Lafitte allowed them to leave aboard his largest ship, the brig General Victoria. Despite Laffite warning the other Baratarians of a possible military attack on their base, a US naval force successfully invaded in September 1814 and captured most of his fleet. According to his book, Lafitte was born in or near Pauillac, France, the son of Pierre Lafitte and his second wife, Marguerite Desteil. [74], In less than a year, Lafitte's colony grew to 100200 men and several women. They created a base on the small and sparsely-populated island of Barataria, in Barataria Bay. Although the plans were scrapped, a bricked up entrance close to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride pays homage to this idea.[125]. On September 3, 1814, British officers appeared at Barataria and offered Jean Lafitte land in British North America, protection of his property and person, $30,000 in cash, and the rank . [117] Laflin had been previously accused of forging letters purportedly from Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, and Davy Crockett. Yet Lafitte and his family relocated to the island of Hispaniola, and, eventually, New Orleans. issued letters of marque. Within two days of Lafitte's notes, Pierre "escaped" from jail. Rumors abounded: he changed his name after leaving Galveston and disappeared; he was killed by his own men shortly after leaving Galveston; or, he rescued Napoleon and they both died in Louisiana. Over the next few months, the British Navy increased patrols in the Gulf of Mexico, and by August they had established a base at Pensacola. Robertson was incensed by Lafitte's operation, calling his men "brigands who infest our coast and overrun our country". Jean Lafitte is one of the most famous people in New Orleans history, known as a pirate, a war hero and the namesake of many New Orleans landmarks. He wrote Jean Laffitte: Gentleman Rover based on the journal. They were most likely businessmen in New Orleans or independent privateers before becoming associated with the smuggling and piracy. As part of Mexico, it was outside the authority of the United States, and was largely uninhabited, except by the Karankawa, a Native American people. In a personal note, Lafitte reminded Blanque that his brother Pierre was still in jail and deserved an early release. On February 13, he escaped, likely with outside help. The law left several loopholes, giving permission to any ship to capture a slave ship, regardless of the country of origin. His maternal grandfather, according to this account,. Rumors abounded that he had changed his name after leaving Galveston and disappeared, that he was killed by his own men shortly after leaving Galveston, or that he had rescued Napoleon and that both had died in Louisiana. [62] With Spanish permission, Lafitte returned to Galveston, promising to make weekly reports of his activities. [54] According to Ramsay, Claiborne next wrote to General Andrew Jackson, "implying Patterson had destroyed a potential first line of defense for Louisiana" by his capture of Lafitte and his ships. In February 1823, Lafitte was cruising off the town of Omoa, Honduras on his 43-ton armed Colombian schooner named General Santander. [99] In 1843, Mirabeau B. Lamar investigated many of the Lafitte stories and concluded that, while there were no authentic records of death, Lafitte was likely dead. An archivist for Bexar County, Texas, declared the papers to be authentic. The bay was located beyond a narrow passage between the barrier islands of Grand Terre and Grande Isle. He and his elder brother, Pierre, spelled their last name Laffite, but English-language documents of the time used "Lafitte". [30], In October, a revenue officer prepared an ambush of a band of Lafitte's smugglers. [2] In the late 18th century, adult children of the French planters in Saint-Domingue often resettled along the Mississippi River in La Louisiane, especially in its largest city of New Orleans. [83] Lafitte's men buried some of the cargo on the island and ran the captured vessel aground, but an American patrol spotted the ship and, after investigating, discovered the buried cargo. [7] Lafitte likely helped his brother to sell or trade the captured merchandise. [4][5] In the late 18th century, adult children of the French planters in Saint-Domingue often resettled along the Mississippi River in La Louisiane, especially in its largest city of New Orleans. In the book "Jews on the Frontier" (Rachelle Simon, 1991), Rabbi I. Harold Sharfman recounts the tale of Sephardic Jewish pirate Jean Lafitte, whose Conversos grandmother and mother fled Spain for France in 1765, after his maternal grandfather was put to death by the Inquisition for "Judaizing.". If they refused the offer, the letters informed Lafitte that the British had orders to capture Barataria to put an end to their smuggling. The Lafittes became spies for the Spanish during the Mexican War of Independence and moved to Galveston Island, Texas, where they developed a pirate colony called Campeche. "[64] Jackson named Jean and Pierre Lafitte for having "exhibited the same courage and fidelity". [7] His elder brother Pierre became a privateer; he may have operated from Saint-Domingue, which frequently issued letters of marque. In 1958, Laflin self-published an English translation of the journal. Jean Lafitte (c.1780 c.1823) was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. [50], The US ordered an attack on Lafitte's colony. The United States government passed the Embargo Act of 1807 as tensions built with the United Kingdom by prohibiting trade. Located on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, it is believed Lafitte may have spent time there in his earlier years as a safe place off of Royal Street to orchestrate the transfer of smuggled goods. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de rduction . [48] He had also been told in August that American officials were planning an assault on Barataria with forces under the command of Commodore Daniel Patterson. Last week the exploits of a new Jean Lafitte enlivened the New Orleans scene. [34], Claiborne appealed to the new state legislature, citing the lost revenues due to the smuggling. [78] The congressional delegation in Louisiana began to demand that the federal government do something to halt the smuggling, and more U.S. Navy ships were sent to the Gulf. Inside a tunnel stylized as pirate's cattacombs would've led to Laffite's old hideout, a capsized ship in Sawyer's island. (His brother, Pierre Lafitte, assisted him. Pierre Lafitte had another son, his namesake Pierre, born from his first marriage to Marie LaGrange, who died in childbirth. Jean was sent to Galveston Island, a part of Spanish Texas that served as the home base of Louis-Michel Aury, a French privateer who claimed to be a Mexican revolutionary. [1] In 1817, Jean founded a new colony on Galveston Island named Campeche. Wounded in the battle, Lafitte is believed to have died just after dawn on February 5. [83] Two weeks after setting sail, they captured a Spanish ship, which they sent to Galveston, hoping the Longs would smuggle the goods to New Orleans. Jack C. Ramsay, who published a 1996 biography of Lafitte, says, "this was a convenient time to be a native of France, a claim that provided protection from the enforcement of American law". [21] In January 1813, they took their first prize, a Spanish hermaphrodite brig loaded with 77slaves. (The United States and the United Kingdom had prohibited the Atlantic slave trade after 1808, but Spain continued to import slaves to the Caribbean.) [89], Over the next few months, Lafitte established a base along the coast of Cuba, where he bribed local officials with a share of the profits. In 1948, John Andrechyne Laflin approached the Missouri Historical Society with a French-language manuscript he claimed was a journal Lafitte kept from 1845 until 1850. They feared that Lafitte and his men might side with the British. As a pirate he wore an eyepatch over his right eye, also a reference to his wearing a glass eye. [86][Note 2], Lafitte and his men continued to take Spanish ships in the Gulf of Mexico and often returned to Galveston or the barrier islands near New Orleans to unload cargo or take on supplies arranged by Pierre. [44], McWilliam brought two letters in his packet for Lafitte: one, under the seal of King George III, offered Lafitte and his forces British citizenship and land grants in the British colonies in the Americas (by then, these consisted of islands in the Caribbean and territory in Upper and Lower Canada). The following day, Lafitte took command of the island and appointed his own officers. As an arm of the Natalbany River in Springfield, Louisiana, the entire bayou was dyked and drained. In the popular Japanese manga/anime series, Jean Laffite is a character in the historical fiction novels, Jean Lafitte is a character in the (2014) science-fiction, mystery novel, Tom Cooper uses Lafitte's and treasure in his novel. Although the handbills were made in Lafitte's name, Ramsay believes "it is unlikely [the handbills] originated with him". Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons, Creole Families of New Orleans and Louisiana, https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Zj-3PA6RIWMC. Superbe tableau par Jean Lafitte, au sujet d'un Clown. After first escaping with some crew, he and his men were captured and jailed. Lafitte named his colony Campeche, after a Mexican outpost further south along the Gulf Coast. [88][Note 3] The Gaceta de Cartagena and the Gaceta de Colombia carried obituaries that noted, "the loss of this brave naval officer is moving. Lafitte essentially developed Galveston Island as another smuggling base. [20] Dorada captured a fourth ship, a schooner they renamed Petit Milan. He was buried at sea in the Gulf of Honduras. Date of Death: Unknown. Later, in return for a legal pardon, Laffite and his fleet helped General Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans to defend the city during the War of 1812. [11], Based in New Orleans, Pierre Lafitte served as a silent partner, looking after their interests in the city. (Ramsay (1996), pp. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Dec 1 1766 - La Chapelle-d'Align, 72061, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, 1835 - La Chapelle-d'Align, 72061, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Jean Francois Bouet Lafitte (Bouet Boet), Marianne Marie Anne Bouet (born Lafitte Bouet), Between 1823 and 1827 - tats-Unis d'Amrique, Iris - National flower of France [115] The paper and ink were analyzed and confirmed to be of mid-19th-century origin. The Baratarians invited the British officers to row to their island. [4], Some sources speculate that Lafitte was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (known as Haiti since it gained independence in 1804). Others formed three artillery companies. The couple had six children, including at least three daughters. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve was named for him.[97]. Lafitte's biographer Jack C. Ramsay says, "this was a convenient time to be a native of France, a claim that provided protection from the enforcement of American law". Lafitte agreed to leave the island without a fight, and on May 7, 1821, departed on The Pride. [101] In 1909, a man was given a six-year prison sentence for fraud after swindling thousands of dollars from people, by claiming that he knew where the Lafitte treasure was buried and taking their money for the promise to find it.[103]. Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 - c. 1823) was a French-American pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. Within two days of his offer, handbills were posted all over New Orleans offering a similar award for the arrest of the governor. Lafitte and several of his men rowed to meet them halfway. After Lafitte's men kidnapped a Karankawa woman, warriors of her tribe attacked and killed five men of the colony. [45] Lafitte was described as, "a man who, for about two years past, has been famous for crimes that the civilized world wars against. His men tore down the existing houses and built 200 new, sturdier structures. [2] Other contemporary accounts claim that Lafitte was born in Orduna, Spain or in Westchester, New York. [28] The residents of New Orleans were grateful to the Lafittes for providing them with luxuries otherwise prevented from importing by the embargo. It's not known who her father was. In April 1818, the United States passed a law prohibiting the import of slaves into any port in the United States. [7] Barataria[edit]. When Patterson's men went ashore, they met no resistance. PIERRE GIRARDIN ? Lafitte pere came to Louisiana in the 1760's and settled in New Orleans, where he was a respected merchant. This article is about the privateer. [24] They outfitted it with 12 fourteen-pounder cannons. [18] Seamen flocked to the island, working on the docks or at the warehouses until they were chosen as crew for one of the privateers.[19]. My account. An attorney representing Lafitte argued that the captured ships had flown the flag of Cartagena, an area at peace with the United States. Other documents of the period place his birthplace as St. Malo or Brest. [10] Davis places Lafitte's brother Pierre in Saint-Domingue by the late 1790s and the early 19th century. [41] He was arrested, tried, convicted, and jailed on charges of "having knowingly and wittingly aided and assisted, procured, commanded, counselled, and advised" persons to commit acts of piracy". The Baratarians invited the British officers to row to their island. [58] On December 19, the state legislature passed a resolution recommending a full pardon for all of the former residents at Barataria. http://www.jewishjournal.com/up_front/article/ahoy_mateys_thar_be_j Another Sephardic pirate played a pivotal role in American history. [4], According to Ramsay, as a young man, Lafitte likely spent much time exploring the wetlands and bayou country south of New Orleans. [63] On land and sea, the former pirate gunners earned praise as the battle continued. Lafitte continued attacking merchant ships as a pirate around Central American ports until he died circa 1823, trying to capture Spanish vessels. They took 80 people captive, but Lafitte escaped safely. Jackson agreed to do so. Jean's older brother Pierre Lafitte was a blacksmith, and their associate Renato Beluche may have once owned this building. Due to escalating violence from the Haitian Revolution, in early 1803 Pierre boarded a refugee ship for New Orleans. From left to right, the men are traditionally identified as Renato Beluche, Jean Lafitte, Pierre Lafitte, and Dominique You. [14], Dissatisfied with their role as brokers, in October 1812 the Lafitte brothers purchased a schooner and hired a Captain Trey Cook to sail it. If you were thoroughly acquainted with the nature of my offenses, I should appear to you much less guilty, and still worthy to discharge the duties of a good citizen. Pierre and Marie Lagrange had Pierre Jr. in about 1770. Suzanne Johnson features a living Lafitte in her urban fantasy series, Jean Laffite is a character in the historical fiction novel Ashes & Ecstasy by Catherine Hart, Published March 1st 2000 by Leisure Books (first published November 1st 1985), In the 1960s and 70s a barefoot cartoon pirate named, Lafitte: the pirate of the Gulf a book from 1836, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 04:55. Pierre is less infamous than Jean, but led an equally unlawful life.) 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