1.19: The Lafittes vs. The Law

Jean and Pierre Lafitte fight the law in the bays and bayous of Louisiana. The Lafittes usually win (or at least escape). But the Navy and New Orleans gear up for a big showdown with the pirates of Barataria Bay. READ MORE: The Pirates Laffite: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf by William C. Davis "The Patterson and Ross Raid on Barataria, September 1814" by Robert C. Vogel The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell SOUNDS: French Quarter Bourbon walk.wav by volivieri -- https://freesound.org/s/110012/ -- License: Attribution 4.0