Region
Louisiana
2 pirates in the codex documented as operating here.
The Louisiana coast, and specifically the bayou country south of New Orleans, was the operational base for the Lafitte enterprise during the 1810s. The barrier-island and bayou system around Barataria Bay offered protected anchorages and concealed channels for moving prize cargoes inland, and the New Orleans market — rapidly expanding under Louisiana statehood and the cotton and sugar economy — was the demand side that made the operation commercially viable. The Louisiana state government’s tolerance of the trade ended only when the United States Navy raided Grande Terre in September 1814.
Pirates of this region
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Jean Lafitte
c. 1780 – c. 1823French-Creole privateer and smuggler whose Barataria Bay operation south of New Orleans dominated the Gulf of Mexico contraband trade in the 1810s; later commander of a privateer base on Galveston Island.
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Pierre Lafitte
c. 1770 – November 1821Elder brother and business partner of Jean Lafitte; the New Orleans–side operator of the Barataria and Galveston privateering enterprise, responsible for moving prize cargoes into the city's wholesale market and managing relations with Louisiana authorities.
