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PostPosted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:42 am    Post subject: Dominique You (Pirate/privateer) Reply with quote

Dominique You (Pirate/privateer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_You
https://kreweofdominiqueyoux.com/history/
http://www.cindyvallar.com/Youx.html

French privateer, soldier, and politician.

He served as an artilleryman in the French Revolutionary Army.
In 1802 he accompanied General Charles Leclerc's expedition to quell Toussaint Louverture's Haitian Revolution.

Following the failure of this expedition, appears to have joined the Lafitte Brothers.
He became the captain of the pirate ship Le Pandoure.

He was nicknamed "Captain Dominique" by the French and "Johnness" by the Americans with a reputation for being very bold and daring.

He and the Lafitte brothers became successful smugglers in the Louisiana bayous.
As pirates, they preyed on Spanish ships in the Gulf of Mexico, doing extensive damage to Spanish commerce.


From 1804, the governor of newly American Louisiana (or "the Territory of Orleans"), William C. C. Claiborne, was making efforts to suppress piracy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._C._Claiborne

In July 1814, Dominique You was publicly identified as a pirate.

In September 1814, he was in a pirate camp at Barataria Bay when it was captured by American forces; he was taken prisoner along with other Baratarian pirates.

Soon, however, in the context of the ongoing War of 1812, Jean Lafitte had the opportunity to offer to help General Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans against the impending British invasion, in exchange for a pardon for him and his pirate crews.

Jackson accepted this offer, and You was appointed commander of a company of artillery which was composed of the Baratarians' best gunners.

Compared to the official American forces, the pirates fought particularly well in the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815, and were mentioned in Major General Andrew Jackson's general order of January 21 for having shown uncommon gallantry and skill in the field.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans

As a result of this success, the charges against the Baratarians and Dominique You were dropped.

After the battle, You settled in New Orleans where he became involved in politics as a partisan of Andrew Jackson. You died in New Orleans in 1830, receiving a military funeral at public expense.
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