It is costly enough for the Ashanti to take heed of their own people, so for them to add these group of people who the Ashanti don’t even like to the equation, it is just bizarre. The Fante already caused the Ashanti lost, why waste more resources. Your own people would never put into effect a war in which the tribe (Ashanti) would lose assets. It could be argue that the captive tribe can be inserted into the Ashanti, but the yet again the Ashanti will need to have special surveillance, train guards, be on the lookout for revolutionary movements, this could be a very painful and draining journey for them. The answer to their problem is pretty practical and simple, “Get rid of the problem” the Ashanti obtain weapons among other goods, and I ship my problem away, end of story. Additionally, Ashanti didn’t trade their cousins and woman, they sold people who according to the Ashanti weren’t adding anything to their community. Thus these people, or rival tribes in their eyes weren’t “their
It is costly enough for the Ashanti to take heed of their own people, so for them to add these group of people who the Ashanti don’t even like to the equation, it is just bizarre. The Fante already caused the Ashanti lost, why waste more resources. Your own people would never put into effect a war in which the tribe (Ashanti) would lose assets. It could be argue that the captive tribe can be inserted into the Ashanti, but the yet again the Ashanti will need to have special surveillance, train guards, be on the lookout for revolutionary movements, this could be a very painful and draining journey for them. The answer to their problem is pretty practical and simple, “Get rid of the problem” the Ashanti obtain weapons among other goods, and I ship my problem away, end of story. Additionally, Ashanti didn’t trade their cousins and woman, they sold people who according to the Ashanti weren’t adding anything to their community. Thus these people, or rival tribes in their eyes weren’t “their