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          Jean Lafitte

          French pirate and privateer

          For other uses, see Jean Lafitte (disambiguation).

          Not to be confused with Jean Laffitte.

          "Lafitte" redirects here.

          For other uses, see Lafitte (disambiguation).

          Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823) was a French pirate and privateer 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".

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          6. This has become the common spelling in the United States, including places named after him.[1]

          Laffite is believed to have been born either in Biarritz, in the French Basque Country, France, or the French colony of Saint-Domingue in the Caribbean.

          By 1805, Laffite was operating a warehouse in New Orleans to help distribute the goods smuggled by his brother Pierre Lafitte. The United States government passed the Embargo Act of 1807 as tensions built with the United Kingdom by prohibiting trade.

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