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One well-known pirate, Jean Lafitte of the Barataria Pirates, is reputed to have had a crew of one thousand. The mythology surrounding Lafitte portrays him as both criminal and hero. He considered himself not a pirate but a privateer. The black market provisions that he trafficked helped to maintain the Southern, and at that time far Western, reaches of the United States—an area neglected by most of the nation. New Orleans and the Delta depended on supplies from the pi Jean Lafitte, Pirate History, Fleet Of Ships, Famous Pirates, Battle Of New Orleans, Louisiana History, Golden Age Of Piracy, Cat Island, John Wesley

One well-known pirate, Jean Lafitte of the Barataria Pirates, is reputed to have had a crew of one thousand. The mythology surrounding Lafitte portrays him as both criminal and hero. He considered himself not a pirate but a privateer. The black market provisions that he trafficked helped to maintain the Southern, and at that time far Western, reaches of the United States—an area neglected by most of the nation. New Orleans and the Delta depended on supplies from the pi

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