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Louisiana's Turbulent Governors Through the Lafitte Era
The article traces Louisiana leadership from O'Reilly’s harsh rule to Galvez’s aiding the American cause, then notes Claiborne’s clampdown on the Lafittes, their later alliance with Jackson at New Orleans, and Gouverneur Claiborne’s death in 1817.
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Union
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Pelican
Alexander O'Reilly
O'Reilly
Emerald Isle
Spain
Italy
France
Austria
Cuba
Havana
Madrid
Charles III
Paris
England
Canada
Mississippi
Orleans
New Orleans
Don. Antonio de Ulloa
Aubrey
Ulloa
O’reilly
Laformer King
Louisian
Mnet
Pyrenees
Bernardo de Galvez
Malaga
The
Regi
Continental Congress
Galvez
Alabama
West
Florida
Place d’ Armes
Mobile
Pensacola
Bar
Calbo de Irazabel
St. Rosa Island
Galveston
Rosseat
Fort George
Fort Red Cliff
Campbell
Floridas
Mexico
Don Bernardo de Galvez
Texas
Georgia
Carolinas
St. Lawrence
Napoleon Bonaparte
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Andrew Im
Jean Lafitte
William Charles Cole
Poe
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
James Wilkinson
Louisiana Purchase
Claiborne
Pierre Lafitte
Jean
West Indies
Bay of Barataria
Grand Terre
Lafittes
Baratarians
Jackson
Pakenham