The Ashanti (Asante) do not long maintain the rather one-sided peace treaty of 1831.

In 1838, when Kwaku Dua (reigned 1838-67) succeeds Osei Yaw Akoto as asantehene (king of the Ashanti), his councilors persuade him to reopen the war against the Assin, Akim and Denkyera.

Thus the uneasy seven-year peace ends—a time during which trade has increased and Wesleyan missionary work had begun on the Gold coast, thanks to the support of George Maclean, Governor of Cape Coast from 1830.

In his efforts to achieve peace, Maclean is hindered by the Danes at Christiansborg and the Dutch at Elmina.

The former claim control of Accra and are endeavoring to establish a protectorate over Akwapim, Akim and Krobo.

The Dutch are suspected of intriguing with the Asante to resume the slave trade and of encouraging them to attack the coastal tribes again by supplying them with arms.