Jean Lafitte
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Jean Lafitte was a notorious early 19th-century French pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico who became a folk-hero figure for aiding the United States during the War of 1812.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean Lafitte canonical | 8 |
| exploits of Jean Lafitte | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk hero
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person ⓘ pirate ⓘ privateer ⓘ |
| activeRegion |
Barataria Bay
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Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ |
| allegedBirthDate | circa 1780 ⓘ |
| allegedBirthPlace |
France
ⓘ
French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Domingue
|
| basedIn |
Barataria Bay
ⓘ
New Orleans area ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | unknown ⓘ |
| commanded | Barataria privateers ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| culture | Cajun and Creole folklore ⓘ |
| deathDate | unknown ⓘ |
| deathPlace | disputed ⓘ |
| enemy | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| hasPlaceNamedAfter |
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
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Town of Jean Lafitte, Louisiana ⓘ |
| influenced | legend of the pirate of Barataria ⓘ |
| knownFor |
negotiating with both British and American forces during the War of 1812
ⓘ
smuggling operations in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
offered a pardon in exchange for aiding the United States in the War of 1812
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wanted by United States authorities for smuggling ⓘ |
| militaryAllegiance |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States (War of 1812, de facto)
|
| name | Jean Lafitte self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of New Orleans
ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aiding the United States against the British in the War of 1812
ⓘ
leading a band of pirates and privateers in Barataria Bay ⓘ |
| notableWork | defense of New Orleans during the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| occupation |
pirate
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privateer ⓘ smuggler ⓘ |
| operatedVesselsType | privateer ships ⓘ |
| partnerInBusinessWith | Pierre Lafitte ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | romantic outlaw in American folklore ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
comic books
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films ⓘ novels ⓘ television ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Pierre Lafitte ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jean Lafitte Description of subject: Jean Lafitte was a notorious early 19th-century French pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico who became a folk-hero figure for aiding the United States during the War of 1812.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
exploits of Jean Lafitte