Dominance
The kingdom of Fuuta Jallon became a multiethnic, multi-lingual society, ruled by Muslim Fulɓe and backed by powerful free and slave armies. The Fulɓe of Fuuta Jallonke and Fuuta Tooro were able to take advantage of the growing slave trade with the Europeans on the coast, particularly the French and Portuguese. The twin Fula states also supplied valuable grain, cattle and other goods to their European neighbors on the coast. The Almaami would demand gifts in return for trade rights, and could enforce his will with a well-supplied army. In 1865, Fouta Jallon supported an invasion of the Kaabu Empire resulting in its demise at the Battle of Kansala in 1867.
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