In this episode of Half-Arsed History, learn the history of the infamous Lafitte Brothers, who were privateers, smugglers, political operatives, businessmen, spies, and all around rogues who made an unlikely alliance with the US to save New Orleans.
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Image: Walker, William. The Levee, New Orleans. 1884. Via Wikimedia.
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