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C, B Mc(~RAT was born in
Jasper, Thxas, in 1861, p~
	(4~	5lave to John H. MeRay, a
	- ~‚J	slave trader. C. B. i~
	. .	rather unepproachabi. ‚ and
	: •	has a 5ecretive ~
	~	though he believes th. liwaan
race will bear a little watch
•ihg. He t old. of o nly one wife, but hi5 present wife explaired, eonfidenti~1ly, that he has had Bix. He lives in Jasper.




	“My n~jne je c~. B. McP~~y, better know~ as ‚ Co ‚ natalk, I cause I‘ e long and. thin, Also knowed. es ‚ Racer, ‚ cause I useter be fleet on ttie feet. When Ite ten year oie I oftem caught a rabbit ~ha~t jump t fore me ‚ jus ~ by rannin‘ him down. Do‘ see why zay‘ boys au‘ t do t b~e ease.

	UI~a botn in Jasper, on Main street, right where Lanier‘s Store stan‘s, on the 12th o~ April, in 1861. My father‘s nase was Calvin Beil McBLq~, de same as mine, and. mother‘s naxae was Harriet i4eBay. Path~‘r was botn in Virginny and mother ta Sabine Cc~inty~ in Texas. M~y brudders‘ names was Bill McBay and Robert and. Dackin Dacus. Father and mother was slayes right h,re in J~eper, ana so was ny grau ‘p~nte ‚ who was ‘ n in Africy.
	tIJokm MoRay was us nareter. He was call a ‚ nigger trader‘,

ak& was etch a éaey mareter dat other peo~pie call he slaves ‚ ‘MeRar‘ s free niggere‘. He make trip% to New Orleans to bay slaves and brung tes back and sol‘ tem to de farmers. Miseus was de bestes1 white wOrnal to cullud folks dat ever live.