Jean Laffite
Jean Laffite was a French privateer, pirate and patriot. A hero with his band of baratarians at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Reputed to have had a warehouse on Contraband Bayou and to have conducted business with locals, Charles Salier and Arsene Lebleu. His ships flew flags of Cartagena and the Mexican Republic, and maybe the Jolly Roger.