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Jean Laffite was a French privateer, pirate, and patriot who became a hero with his band of Baratarians at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. He was reputed to have had a warehouse on Contraband Bayou and to have conducted business with local men Charles Salier and Arsene Lebleu. His ships flew the flags of Cartagena and the Mexican Republic, and perhaps the Jolly Roger.
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