Silence on Reparations: A test of leadership and national conscience

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• Nsia 1 month ago

  @Massa, you mean we should speak with one voice with those whose ancestors were the slave raiders and traders? And, does your idea of correction and justice applicable to them? IIam only asking. Thanks!
  
  
  From 1700 to the ...
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  @Massa, you mean we should speak with one voice with those whose ancestors were the slave raiders and traders? And, does your idea of correction and justice applicable to them? IIam only asking. Thanks!
  
  
  From 1700 to the 1890s, the Ashanti (Asante) Kingdom’s slave trade was largely driven by its central administration, specifically the Asantehene (King) and elite military leaders who supplied captives from conquered territories to European (British/Dutch) traders for guns and goods. Prominent rulers included Osei Tutu, who founded the kingdom and initiated its expansion, and Opoku Ware I, who expanded it further, facilitating massive slave trade.
  
  Key Figures and Structures in the Ashanti Slave Trade
  Asantehene (The Kings): The Asantehene was the primary authority directing the trade. Rulers like Osei Tutu (c. 1700) and Opoku Ware I (1720–1750) solidified the kingdom’s power, using war captives to feed the demand for slaves.
  
  Military Elites/Commanders: Ashanti generals and provincial governors were crucial for capturing people during expansionary wars into neighboring regions (such as Gaman, Denkera, and Akwamu).
  
  The Akwamu: Early in the 18th century, the Akwamu were close allies of the Ashanti and key middlemen supplying captives to European merchants on the coast.
  
  Coastal Middlemen and Brokers: Traders who operated between Kumasi and the British/Dutch forts on the Gold Coast ensured that slaves were traded for firearms, creating a "guns-for-slaves" cycle.
  
  The Asantehene’s Agents: In later periods, such as the 1830s, official negotiators like Akyeamehene Akwasi Akuoko were influential in managing trade agreements.
  
  
  Role in the Trade
  The Ashanti Kingdom was one of the largest suppliers of slaves to European colonial empires on the Gold Coast, utilizing the captured individuals to obtain, weapons and wealth. Slave trade was closely tied to military conquest, where defeated nations paid tribute in people. While the British outlawed the trade in 1807, the Ashanti continued it throughout much of the 19th century until British colonization in the 1890s.

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• Nsia 1 month ago

  And, these are some of the real historical facts that will make Kwaku Dua, who feels he is annointed in the Republic of Ghana as a Monarch feel at ease .
  
  It is all very well knocking the white nan whilst concealing our own ...
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  And, these are some of the real historical facts that will make Kwaku Dua, who feels he is annointed in the Republic of Ghana as a Monarch feel at ease .
  
  It is all very well knocking the white nan whilst concealing our own hideous and vile activities of our past Ashanti Kings. Just look at the raw facts how slave raiding and trading became their stock in trade and the strongest selling point for our dreadful and useless Kings. This data is just for slaves from the Gold Coast to Jamaica alone. And, the architects of it were Ashanti Kings. A fact without apology. This is for the benefit of discerning Ghanaians. History is what happened and recorded not the embellished "Nkwaseasem" written by the sophist called Adu Boahen ,which we were forced fed at school just to please our now useless and pointless tribal chiefs. The fact is: They also made vast sums of money out of it.And, they gave us no infrastructure whatsoever with the money that they made.. We make no apology for telling it as it is or happened.
  
  
  
  1: 1659-1660 :0
  2: 1661-1670: 0
  3: 1771-1680: 3,357
  4: 1681-1690: 734
  5: 1691-1700: 3,599
  6: 1701-1710: 21,006
  7: 1711-1720: 27,424
  8:1721-1730: 32,424
  9:1731-1740: 23,711
  10: 1741-1750: 15,461
  11: 1751-1761: 29,927
  12: 1761-1770: 29,927
  13: 1771-1780: 37,826.

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