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  2. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve - Wikipedia

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    Located adjacent to the Chalmette National Cemetery, and within the boundaries of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, is the site of the defunct Freedmen's Cemetery, a four-acre African American burial ground that had been established by the federal government in 1867 to inter the remains of formerly enslaved men, women and ...

  3. Jean Lafitte - Wikipedia

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    Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823) 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 language documents of the time used "Lafitte".

  4. Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop - Wikipedia

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    Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is a historic structure at the corner of Bourbon Street and St. Philip Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Most likely built as a house in the 1770s during the Spanish colonial period , it is one of the oldest surviving structures in New Orleans.

  5. Fazendeville, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Fazendeville was a small, historic, African American community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States.Located near the Freedmen's Cemetery in the parish, this village was razed during the 1960s as part of an expansion of the Chalmette National Battlefield in the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve.

  6. Contraband Days - Wikipedia

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    Held during the first two weeks of May, Contraband Days is the city's official celebration of the legend of the pirate Jean Lafitte. History tells that Lafitte and his band of pirates frequented the area's waterways; they are said to have buried Lafitte's contraband somewhere in the city's vicinity.

  7. Contraband Bayou - Wikipedia

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    The bayou is so named because of the legendary pirate Jean Lafitte, who built a slave barracks on the bayou in the early 1800s [2] and reputedly hid his contraband somewhere along the shores of the bayou. [3] The bayou is moderately saline, with low flow, and receives Lake Charles municipal waste discharge. [1]

  8. Chalmette National Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Chalmette National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located within Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Chalmette, Louisiana.The cemetery is a 17.5-acre (7.1 ha) graveyard adjacent to the site that was once the battleground of the Battle of New Orleans, which took place at the end of the War of 1812. [2]

  9. Jean Lafitte, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Jean Lafitte (/ dʒ iː n l ə ˈ f iː t / JEEN lə-FEET) is a town on Bayou Barataria in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located in Jefferson Parish , it is named after the privateer Jean Lafitte . The population was 1,809 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ]

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