Pirate Jean Laffitte Revealed
Asheboro Public Library 201 Worth St, Asheboro, NC, United StatesDid the colorful New Orleans pirate Jean Laffitte fake his death in battle and live out his life in Lincolnton, North Carolina? Laffitte and his brother Pierre, smugglers and pirates, roamed the Gulf of Mexico in the early 1800s. During the War of 1812, Laffitte famously accepted a pardon in return for supporting U.S. Gen. […]