Why don't liberal hate Arabs as slave trading racist? Arab slave trade: Enslaved an estimated 10-18 million Black Africans. United States: Approximately 388,000 enslaved Africans were forcibly imported An estimated 10-18 million Black Africans were enslaved in the Arab slave trade. In comparison, approximately 388,000 enslaved Africans were brought to the U.S. From AI: Comparative Numbers: Black Slaves Sold to Arabs vs. the United States Arab Slave Trade (Trans-Saharan, Red Sea, Indian Ocean routes): Many sources commonly cite a range of 10 to 18 million24. The trade focused on the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, and the Middle East, with major routes across the Sahara and via the Indian Ocean123. Transatlantic Slave Trade to the Americas: Approximately 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World (the Americas) between the early 16th and late 19th centuries, with about 10.7 million surviving the Middle Passage5678. Of those, only about 388,000 were sent directly to what became the United States7. The vast majority went to the Caribbean and South America578. Summary Table Destination/Region Estimated Number of Africans Enslaved/Transported Arab World (over 13 centuries) 10–18 million24 United States (direct imports) ~388,0007 All Americas (Transatlantic) 10.7–12.5 million568 Key Points The Arab slave trade spanned a much longer period (over 1,000 years) compared to the transatlantic slave trade (roughly 350 years)24. The number of Africans taken to the Arab world vastly exceeds the number taken directly to the United States. Even the lowest estimates for the Arab trade are more than 15 times the number imported to the U.S.237. The transatlantic slave trade as a whole (all destinations in the Americas) involved a similar or slightly higher total number of African captives compared to the Arab trade, but the U.S. received only a small fraction of these5678. Mortality rates were high in both trades, with up to 50% dying en route in the Arab trade and about 12% during the Middle Passage to the Americas26. Conclusion The Arab slave trade resulted in the forced movement of between 10 and 18 million Africans to the Arab world over more than a millennium—far surpassing the approximately 388,000 Africans shipped directly to the United States during the transatlantic slave trade2374. The overall transatlantic trade to the Americas was of similar magnitude to the Arab trade, but the U.S. share was relatively small.