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Bicentennial of Jean Laffite’s Takeover of Galveston Is April 8

Apr 7, 2017

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Pam Keyes

in American History, Caribbean History, general history, History, Louisiana History, Nautical History, Texas History

Privateer Jean Laffite, a hero of the Battle of New Orleans, took control of the Island of Galveston in a bloodless coup two hundred years ago this April 8, taking the small pirate base which had been used by Louis-Michel Aury as a point from which to prey against Spanish shipping. Although he had ostensibly…
Andrew Jackson’s Fine and the Place of Martial Law in American Politics

Nov 21, 2014

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by

Aya Katz

in American History, general history, History, Legal History, Louisiana History

Andrew Jackson resented mightily the fine imposed on him by Judge Dominick Hall in New Orleans in 1815 for contempt of court. At the very end of his life, with death approaching, Jackson campaigned for the return of the thousand dollar fine through an act of Congress, and his efforts were rewarded. “He viewed…

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