In 1806, the Asantehene, Osei Bonsu, brought charges of grave robbing on some of his subjects who ran from Kumasi to Assin.

However, the British still annexed neighboring areas, together with the Fante, and also the subsequent conflicts eventually increased into the war of 1806, during which the Ashanti were victorious.

In 1814 the Ashanti launch an invasion of the Gold Coast, totally routing the tribes allied with the Europeans.

A series of forts were designed by the British Government in the region from 1821 and the Ashanti planned to invade and capture.

The series of correct wars between the Fante people and Ashanti begins in 1826, ending with a pact in 1831, however breaking out once more in 1873.