[1] Prince Kwaku Dua took part in the fighting against the Gyaman, a state 200 kilometers (120 mi) north of Kumasi, from 1818 to 1819, and particularly distinguished himself in combat when he commanded a division in the battle of Katamanso in 1826.
On 18 March 1837, Kwaku Dua Panin signed an agreement with King William I of the Netherlands to provide Ashanti recruits, a thousand of whom would join the Dutch East Indies Army within a year in exchange for guns.
[3] Boachi eventually graduated from the Royal Academy of Delft and became the first black mining engineer in the Netherlands who would go on to have a distinguished career in the East Indies.
[3] Historian McCaskie writes that at the time of his death that year, the Adaka Kesie (The chest containing Ashanti's disposable currency reserves) was full with a value of nearly 180,000 mperedwan approximately £1,440,000 in the 19th century.
(not to be confused with Elmina) The village contained a large square building or barracks called "Dutch Fort" which served as a military depot.