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On January 29, 1895 the Brass King, Koko, and 1000 warriors attacked the British trading station. The destroyed the harbor and docks and took many employees of the British Niger Company back to Brass as prisoners. The Niger Company had taken over the middleman trade that the Brassmen had previously enjoyed and had other grievances with the company. In a celebration of the victory, most of the company employee prisoners were eaten. See Koko’s later apology.