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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]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Africa_Its_Geography_People_and_Products/KHbiAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT64 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."</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Historical_Encyclopedia_of_World_Sla/ATq5_6h2AT0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA53 The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_the_World_a_Survey_of_a_M/mQLSAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA458 The History of the World; a Survey of a Man's Record]</ref>

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]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Africa_Its_Geography_People_and_Products/KHbiAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT64 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."</ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_the_World_a_Survey_of_a_M/mQLSAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA458 The History of the World; a Survey of a Man's Record]</ref>

 

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.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Historical_Encyclopedia_of_World_Sla/ATq5_6h2AT0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA53 The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery]</ref><ref>

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