Complex sentence: By the 1860s the Egba abandoned the route because the British were actively using their formidable navy to try to abolish the slave trade.Consequently, the Egba expelled British missionaries and traders from the area in 1867.
Split into simpler sentences: By the 1860s the Egba abandoned the route because the British were actively using their formidable navy to try to abolish the slave trade. As a consequence the Egba expelled British missionaries and traders from the area in 1867.