Charlotte Vandine Forten (1785–1884) was an American abolitionist and matriarch of the Philadelphia Forten family.
Forten née Vandine was born in 1785 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[3] Her granddaughter Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837–1914) was a prominent abolitionist and educator.
[4] Charlotte and her daughters were founders of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society (PFASS) in 1833.
[2] According to the "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915" she died on December 30, 1884, in Philadelphia.