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Jean Lafitte Battle of New Orleans The Contraband Mr. E’s Wednesday Jan. 28th Louisiana History Class Jan. 28, 1934 ~ Court fights begin between N.O. between Mayor Wamsley and Sen. Huey Long. 77. Describe major conflicts in context of Louisiana history (e.g., Rebellion of 1768, the French and Indian War)? (H-1D-M3) Are buried treasure tales true? Where are most burials? What is an ‘apparition’? Is the Lafitte legend true? Most treasure legends had two things in common- the burial at some remote spot usually a marsh chenier, and nearly always, the existence of an ‘apparition’ - an eerie light to lead the gold hunters astray, or a big rattlesnake with fangs bared, perhaps a cutlass-swinging skeleton, or some other ghostly creature whose assignment was to guard the pirates money. CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE QUESTION Fact # 1 Jean Lafitte (ca. 1776 - ca. 1826) was a pirate/privateer in the early 19th century. He is believed to have been born in the French colony of Saint Dominque along with his brother Pierre and half brother Alexandre, commonly known by the alias of Dominique You. Fact #1 Fact # 2 He has been called The Buccaneer, The King of Barataria, The Hero of New Orleans. At three separate times, U.S. presidents have condemned, exonerated and Fact #2 again condemned his actions. He is known for his piracy in the Gulf of Mexico, and lauded for his heroism in the Battle of New Orleans. He hated being called pirate, for, as he saw it, he was a privateer“. Fact # 3 His name was legend even in his day. He took an island-full of bloodied seafarers and turned them into an organization of buccaneers. Fact #3 From the ships they plundered off the Caribbean Coast he and his crew of a thousand men kept a constant cargo of black-marketed and very necessary provisions (including Negro slaves, a very important commodity to the early South). Fact # 4 He never attacked an American ship. A man without a country, he nevertheless respected the constitution of Ameri