Ahanta Kingdom (Dutch Protectorate)

This article is about the specific polity Ahanta Kingdom (Dutch Protectorate) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The Kingdom of the Ahanta People in Ghana was conquered by the Dutch in 1840. In 1871, the Dutch government sold all their colonial possessions in West Africa to the British Empire as per the terms of the Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870-1871.

Establishment

January 1840: The conflict began as a mere economic dispute between the Ahanta and the Dutch, who were based at the Dutch Gold Coast, and ended with the hanging of Ahanta king Badu Bonsu II and the reorganization of the Ahanta state, establishing a Dutch protectorate over the Ahanta.

Chronology

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1. Dutch-Ahanta War

Was a conflict that begun with a mere economic dispute between the Ahanta and the Dutch, who were based at the Dutch Gold Coast. The conflict ended with the reorganization of the Ahanta state, which became a Dutch protectorate.