Antonio Muray was a free Black sailor who was born sometime before 1748. A resident of Havana, Cuba alongside his wife and children, in 1769 Muray left for Jamaica where he got a job on a sailing vessel bound for Cartagena. Muray loaned a white sailor money while on the voyage and when the white sailor refused to pay it back upon their return to Jamaica, the two men fought. Muray was jailed for the incident. Unable to pay his own jail fees, Muray was purchased by merchant Timothy Clear, who forced Muray into an indenture contract. Muray worked for Clear in New Bern, North Carolina for six years before Clear sold his labor to Thomas Parsons, also a resident of New Bern. In December 1775 Muray petitioned the Craven County court asking for his freedom, which was rejected. Any further information about Muray, such as whether he was ever freed from his indenture and able to return to his family in Cuba, has not been located.