Charlotte Gilchrist

Charlotte Gilchrist (born ) 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:

The most likely route from Rouses Point into Canada would have been the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, which enters Canada just a mile from Rouses Point, though it's possible she instead went west on the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad and crossed on one of its connecting lines. If she arrived in Rouses Point by train, it would have been on the Vermont Central Railroad, which passed through St. Albans.

Gilchrist is said to have traveled via the Champlain Line, "an escape corridor between Albany–Troy, N.Y. and Quebec Province," entering Canada on a train departing Rouses Point, New York. Gilchrist may have passed through St. Albans, Vermont.