Slavery: 1700s until present
The Rise of Coastal Empires – Around 1700, Asante (or Ashanti) Empire of Akan peoples was unified under Osei Tutu on the “Gold Coast”. Asante dominated the coast with control of gold-producing zones and by supplying slaves in exchange for firearms (to 1820s). – The Ashanti, who resisted British Imperialism in a Hundred Years War,…