Question

What rhetorical device does Douglass use in this quote?

"It was considered as being bad enough to be a slave:
but to be a poor man's slave was deemed a disgrace indeed!"

Answer 1

The rhetorical device used by Douglass in this quote is IRONY.

Step-by-step explanation:

IRONY is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning.

In this case, if being a slave was bad, it was even worse to be a slave of a poor man (Colonel Lloyd).