Douglass uses logos through his logical explanation that slavery scars the slaves mentally, which affects how well the slave can work in the fields considering they are too worried about getting whipped, when they could instead be working peacefully without the unnecessary punishment. He describes this feeling of paranoia when he says "I was afraid to speak to anyone for fear of speaking to the wrong person..." (Douglass 113). This emotion he describes is suiting to his argument because it helps the reader understand how illogical the whipping is because it affects the slaves mentally and lessens the quality of work, and, furthermore how unnecessary slavery itself
Douglass uses logos through his logical explanation that slavery scars the slaves mentally, which affects how well the slave can work in the fields considering they are too worried about getting whipped, when they could instead be working peacefully without the unnecessary punishment. He describes this feeling of paranoia when he says "I was afraid to speak to anyone for fear of speaking to the wrong person..." (Douglass 113). This emotion he describes is suiting to his argument because it helps the reader understand how illogical the whipping is because it affects the slaves mentally and lessens the quality of work, and, furthermore how unnecessary slavery itself