... Ashanti were forced to become a protectorate of the British Crown. This, in turn, promoted the Ashanti kingdom's economy to depend on the trade of gold, and enslaved people to the Mande and Hausa traders, as well as to Europeans along the coast (uiowa 1). In return for being the middlemen in the slave trade, the Ashanti received firearms. These were often times ... ...

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