Charlotte was the second wife of Charles Bennett Ray a revered African-American journalist.
[2][3] Charlotte was a pastor for the New York's Bethesda Congregational Church.
[4] Her Christian faith fueled her activism to legalize women's right to vote, and protect African-American women who were predisposed to illness and disabilities resulting from slavery.
Charlotte relocated to New York City, where in 1840 she married Charles Bennett Ray.
Her daughter Charlotte F. was the first African-American woman to receive a law degree.