Ashanti Empire

The Ashanti Empire or kingdom was situated in modern-day Ghana on the western coast of Africa. First established in the late 1600s, the empire flourished in the mid-1700s corresponding with the rise of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.[1][2]

As the slave trade started to become more unfavored among western society, the Ashanti sought to continue the trade knowing the empire relied on its continuance.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Africa, Its Geography, People and Products and Africa-Its Place in Modern History (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois), "Ashanti began its conquests in 1719 and grew with the slave trade."
2. ↑ The History of the World; a Survey of a Man's Record
3. ↑ The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery