Charlotte Giles and her cousin Harriet Eglin escaped slavery in Baltimore by disguising themselves as mourners in black veils. While boarding a train, they narrowly avoided capture when one of their masters confronted them; quick thinking and false names kept them safe. Assisted by a local Black woman who posed as their aunt and a white ally who purchased their tickets, they traveled through York and Lancaster counties along a strong Underground Railroad network. Key figures such as William Goodridge, a prosperous Black businessman in York, and William Whipper in Columbia, provided connections that guided them to Philadelphia, and eventually on toward Syracuse. Their story was recorded by both William Still and Sydney Howard Gay, whose accounts complement one another by detailing different parts of the journey