Read the excerpt from a draft of an informative essay. In 1838, Douglass fled slavery and went to New Bedford, Massachusetts. To escape capture, he boarded a train to Philadelphia and disguised himself as a sailor, wearing a red shirt and a scarf tied loosely around his neck. He also dropped his middle names and changed his last name to Douglass. The research question for this essay is "How did Frederick Douglass escape slavery?" Which detail from the excerpt is unnecessary? to escape capture, he boarded a train wearing a red shirt and a scarf changed his last name to Douglass In 1838, Douglas fled slavery.