本文论述的是大西洋奴隶贸易与其影响所及的非洲西海岸及其内地(即西非及刚果、安哥拉等非洲中西部地区)奴隶制发展的关系。众所周知,大西洋奴隶贸易是资本原始积累的要素之一,标志着资本主义生产时代的曙光,促进了西方早期资本主义的发展。但是,大西洋奴隶贸易在促使早期资本主义生产方式,马克思称之谓“隐蔽的雇佣工人奴隶制”在欧洲发展起来的同时,在美洲并未立刻导致资本主义,而是发展了赤裸裸的直接奴隶 This article deals with the relationship between the slave trade in the Atlantic and the development of slavery in West Africa and its hinterland (that is, in central and western Africa such as West Africa and the Congo, Angola) affected by its impact. As we all know, the Atlantic slave trade is one of the elements of the primitive accumulation of capital, marking the dawn of the era of capitalist production and promoting the development of early Western capitalism. However, while the Atlantic slave trade was developed in Europe in the early capitalist mode of production, what Marx called “hidden hired worker-slavery,” it did not immediately lead to capitalism in the Americas but instead developed a naked direct slave