At the expense of one hundred millions of dollars, it abolished slavery, and emancipated all the slaves in the British transatlantic colonies; and the government entered upon a system of negotiation with all the powers of the world for the ultimate extinction of slavery throughout the globe.
Quincy highlights the significant financial cost of abolishing slavery in British colonies and the global implications of this action.
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