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Anglo-Asante Wars and Resistance

During the nineteenth century, Britain and Asante fought a series of separate wars shaped by trade, sovereignty and coastal alliances. Each conflict changed the next. By 1900, earlier conquest and exile had not ended resistance, and a demand involving the Golden Stool triggered another war.

How did repeated wars turn commercial influence into colonial conquest?

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