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[QUOTE]Originally posted by markellion: [QB] [b]"With the arrival of Europeans the slaves displaced gold as the main commodity for trade. "[/b] The above was a phenomenon that came from contact with Europeans this is why everyone talks about the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The enormous and destructive nature of it But [b]"The suppression of the slave trade became a justification for the extension of European power."[/b] http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/9chapter2.shtml [QUOTE]PUNISHED FOR KEEPING SLAVES The Asanti (the capital, Kumasi, is in modern Ghana) had a long tradition of domestic slavery. [b]But gold was the main commodity for selling. With the arrival of Europeans the slaves displaced gold as the main commodity for trade. As late as 1895 the British Colonial Office was not concerned by this.[/b] "It would be a mistake to frighten the King of Kumasi and the Ashantis generally on the question of slavery. We cannot sweep away their customs and institutions all at once. Domestic slavery should not be troubled at present." [b]British attitudes changed when the King of the Asanti (the Asantehene) resisted British colonial authority. The suppression of the slave trade became a justification for the extension of European power.[/b] With the humiliation and exile of King Prempeh I in 1896, the Asanti were placed under the authority of the Governor of the Gold Coast and forced therefore to conform to British law and abolish the slave trade.[/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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