要注意近代奴隶制与古代奴隶制的本质区别廖学盛北京大学何顺果教授的新作《美国“棉花王国”史——南部社会经济结构探索》一书，值得认真研读。该书正文中最后的一段文字，发人深思。其文曰：“那种把战前南部的奴隶制等同于古代奴隶制的观点，是站不住脚的。”①对于一... Attention should be paid to the essential difference between modern slavery and ancient slavery Liao Xue Sheng Peking University Professor He Shunguo’s new book The History of the Cotton Kingdom in the United States, An Exploration of the Social and Economic Structure in the South, is worth studying carefully. The final passage of the text in the book, thought-provoking. Its text reads: “The idea of ​​equating slavery in the southern part of the war with ancient slavery is untenable.”