This naval hero thought up his surname to hide from the British, who tried to arrest him as a pirate
He made many friends and enemieswho 
accused him of piracyamong America's political elites, and his actions in British 
waters during the Revolution earned him an ... John Paul was arrested for his 
involvement in the man's death, and was... [DOC] [TLE] Jean Lafitte - Wikipedia [PAR] Jean Lafitte ( c. 1780  c. 1823) was a French-American pirate and privateer in 
the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century.