The Asante have supplied enslaved people to…

The Asante have supplied enslaved people to British and Dutch traders on the coast from the beginning of the eighteenth century; in return, they receive firearms with which to enforce their territorial expansion.

After the death of the powerful Osei Tutu in either 1712 or 1717, a period of internal chaos and factional strife has ended with the accession of Opoku Ware (reigned from about 1720 to 1750), under whom the Asante will reach its fullest extent in the interior of the country.