Jean Lafitte
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Jean Lafitte 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
Presumed portrait of Jean Lafitte
An 1837 woodcut of Lafitte, Governor W.C.C. Claiborne, and General Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812
US Commodore Daniel Patterson commanded an offensive force against Lafitte and his men at Barataria, 1814.
A rumor claimed that Lafitte rescued French Emperor Napoleon (pictured) from exile on the isolated island of Saint Helena and both of them ended their days in Louisiana. No evidence supports it.
The Buccaneer (1958 film)
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The Buccaneer is a 1958 swashbuckler-war film made by Paramount Pictures starring Yul Brynner as Jean Lafitte, Charles Boyer and Claire Bloom. Charlton Heston played a supporting role as Andrew Jackso
Jean Lafitte
…Jean Lafitte entitled Last of the Buccaneers. It was directed by Lew Landers and produced by Sam Katzman. In 1958 Anthony Quinn directed a remake of The Buccaneer, starring Yul Brynner as Lafitte, and Charlton Heston as General Andrew Jackson.E.G. Marshall portraying Governor Claibourne, and Inger Stevens as…
Original Spanish film poster