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64 they might have the least influence on the minds of those whom he met;—and so deeply was his mind engaged with this important concern, that he sought opportunities of provoking discussion respecting it wherever he went.

In the thirty-sixth year of his age, he resolved to publish a work, for the promotion of his favourite object. It was entitled—The Mystery of Iniquity, in a brief examination of the Practice of the Times. When his book came out, a copy of it reached the hand of the chief justice of the province, who threatened him with severe penalties, if he permitted it to be circulated. Disregarding all consequences, Sandiford distributed it gratuitously, wherever he believed it would be of use. He was not only opposed by the high authority just mentioned, but by every one whose interest was assailed, or whose unjustifiable practices were exposed, in the correct, though affecting picture, which he gave of slavery.