Interpret According to Douglass, how does Virginia law help show that slavery is wrong? What are some of the assumptions, or pre
mises of Virginia law about African Americans? What type of argument is Douglass making in this section of the text an appeal to ethos, pathos, or logos?
Virginia law and the government seems to take the slave as a responsible, intelligent human, while other states might not think so. The assumptions made by Virginia law about African Americans is that they should be punished for any crime they commit, likely they will get the death sentence.
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