During the 16th and 17th centuries slave traders began to raid the region as part of the expansion of the Saharan and Nile River slave routes. Their captives were slaved and shipped to the Mediterranean coast, Europe, Arabia, the Western Hemisphere, or to the slave ports and factories along the West and North Africa or South the Ubanqui and Congo rivers. In the mid 19th century, the Bobangi people became major slave traders and sold their captives to the Americas using the Ubangi river to reach the coast. During the 18th century Bandia-Nzakara peoples established the Bangassou Kingdom along the Ubangi River. COUNT 5
QSN1 When did the slave trade hit the CAR region? ANS1 16th and 17th centuries QSN2 What is one area where captive slaves were sent? ANS2 Europe QSN3 Which people were major slave traders in the 19th century? ANS3 Bobangi people QSN4 Who did the Bobangi sell slave to? ANS4 the Americas QSN5 What river saw the establishment of a new Kingdom? ANS5 Ubangi River