贵刊2002年第2期《奴隶贸易缘何废止?》一文,未涉及各国废止奴隶贸易后的情况,很容易使读者认为废止法令一经通过,奴隶贸易便烟消云散了。其实,历史事实要复杂得多。本文就此问题补充两点。其一,废止的法令签署并不意味着奴隶贸易的杜绝,“惟一的变化就是在1807年之后,公开的‘自由的’奴隶贸易已被走私奴隶贸易所代替。其规模往 Why did the issue of “Abolition of the Slave Trade?”, Issue 2 of 2002, not involved the situation after the abolition of the slave trade by various countries, it was easy for readers to believe that the abolition of the decree passed and the slave trade vanished. In fact, historical facts are much more complicated. This article adds two points to this question. First, the repeal of the decree did not mean that the slave trade was eliminated. "The only change is that after 1807, the open ’free’ slave trade was replaced by the smuggling slave trade.