Shipping bullocks to Cape Coast Castle, 1874

Shipping bullocks from Sierra Leone for Cape Coast Castle during the British expedition to crush the King of the Ashantis in the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-74). In 1873, after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana, the British attacked and virtually destroyed the Asanti capital of Kumasi, and officially declared Ghana a crown colony on 24 July 1874

Acing Asanti Ashanti Ashantis Attacked Bullocks Crush Decades Declared Ghana Kumasi Leone Officially Sierra Uneasy Virtually

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