Concluding the first of the Anglo-Ashanti Wars is a battle that would ultimately draw the borders between the Ashanti Empire and the British-held Gold Coast. This is… THE BATTLE OF ACCRA In 1826, the Gold Coast region got a new governor in John Hope Smith. He had a good reputation with the Fante and married a Fante woman. Smith […]

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