Now let's see what my original contention was Mohammed Smith:

"..the greatest slavers in Africa were, and still are, the Arabs/Muslims"

In terms of time that trade has been going on since the 700's, it continues to this day in Mauretania, Mali and in the Sudan.

Your averages Mohammed smack of someone who when confronted with the facts that they themselves demanded clutch at staws to refute what is the undeniable truth of the matter - ""..the greatest slavers in Africa were, and still are, the Arabs/Muslims"

Your:
"So, let's see.
Average of 15 mill 'Arab' slaves in 1,250 years, compared to 11.6 mill Trans-Atlantikers in 360 odd years.
Going on those figures, Transatlantic Slave trade would only have needed to have existed for another 106.25 years, hitting the 15 mill mark in only 466 and a quarter years, leaving seven hundred and eighty-three (and three quarters)"

That's sort of like declaring, "If my Aunt had balls she'd be my Uncle". Truth of the matter would remain, "She hasn't, and she isn't"

Just read the statistics Mohammed, according to my arithmatic 15 million is a greater number than 11.6 million - no need to extrapolate or play with them, oh and by the way those figures for the Arab/Muslim trade were good up until sometime in the 1920's, but that trade has yet not been stopped.

Instead of Blair apologising he and other world leaders should be putting pressure on the Arab/Muslim states to outlaw and suppress slavery - Hard to do because their religion accepts slavery as being acceptable.