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Establishment of British Protectorate

When: 1897
Where: Kumasi, Ghana
Part of: Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: Kumasi occupied, Prempeh I deposed and a British protectorate declared

Ashanti territory became a British protectorate in 1897, concluding the war's political effects; a later passage dates a protectorate designation of Asanteman to January 1902.

Ashanti territory became a British protectorate in 1897, which is treated here as the in-scope conclusion of the war. A separate passage states that in January 1902 Britain designated Asanteman as a protectorate, a later development that may reflect a distinct constitutional instrument rather than the same 1897 act. The legacy row's date of 27 August 1896 is not supported by the supplied passages.

Sources

Anglo-Ashanti wars Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
Prempeh I Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-11

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