Charlotte Gilchrist
Charlotte Gilchrist (born c. 1834) was an American fugitive slave from Maryland who successfully escaped to Canada in 1854 with assistance from the people of the Underground Railroad. == Life and escape == According to James Rodwell's retelling of her story: CHARLOTTE GILCHRIST. The sufferings of this interesting young woman are reported in the Vermont Tribune in 1854, and are as follows: - "We were returning" (says the Tribune) "from the Republican Convention, held at the Vermont Central Railway, on Friday last, and meditating on the noble work done for freedom at Montpelier, when our reveries were interrupted by the introduction to our notice and care of a young female, a fugitive slave.