2021-6-11 · The act of offending: a crime or sin 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom, New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan: The slave fully appreciates the saying, "where ignorance is bliss, ''tis folly to be wise." When old master''s gestures were violent, ending with a threatening shake of the head, and a sharp snap of his middle ...