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Jean Lafiate
Title: Jean Lafiate
Category: History
Details: Words: 2756 | Pages: 11.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Jean Lafiate
In him inexplicably mix'd appear'd
Much to be lov'd and hated, sought and fear'd.
Opinion varying o'er his hidden lot,
In praise or railing ne'er his name forgot;
His silence form'd a theme for others' prate;
They guess'd--they gaz'd--they fain would know his fate.
What had he been? what was he, thus unknown,
Who walk'd their world, his lineage only known?
A hater of his kind? yet some would say,
With them he …showed first 75 words of 2756 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2756 total…only country it can be proved he ever fought for. There is nothing known of LaFitte’s final years. There are so many legends and lies that even if the truth is among them it would be impossible to find it. Citizens of Barataria hold onto the legend that is LaFitte, perhaps he is buried in an unmarked grave on Grande Terre, or maybe he was returned to the sea, a man without a country.
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