As requested Guest Mohammed Smith:

Holocaust: The Numbers (Take note Mohammed Smith - the figures given below are only from the East African Slave Trade)
Due to the enormous length of the Arab Slave Trade, from 700 to 1911AD, it is impossible to be certain of the numbers of Africans sold in this system. Estimates place the numbers somewhere around 14 million: at least 9.6 million African women and 4.4 African men.


It has been estimated that in all, at least 14 to 20 MILLION African men, women and children died throughout this trade. (Photos and Information courtesy of The Black Holocaust for Beginners by SE Anderson, A Pictorial History of the Slave Trade, Slave Trade of Eastern Africa by Beachy, Slavery in the Arab World by Gordon Murray and Africa in History by Basil Davidson)

The only glaring inaccuracy in the piece given above is the last date given 1911AD, the trade still flourishes to this day - UN estimates 90,000 Blank African Slaves (predominantly of the Dinka Tribe) are enslaved in Sudan, while over 100,000 are held as slaves in Mauritania - as far I can ascertain Mohhammed there are none in Hawick.

More to follow Mohammed......