Charles Ringgold (b. 1839 - d. ?)
MSA SC 5496-8681
Fled from Slavery, Cecil County, Maryland 1859

Biography:

At age nineteen, Charles Ringgold successfully escaped from slavery.  Ringgold fled from Perrymanville, in Cecil County, Maryland to protect himself from "being whipped like a dog, and the prospect of being sold further South." (Still, 510)  Ringgold reached Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was aided there by individuals connected with the Underground Railroad.

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