The relationship between slavery and capitalism has become a renewed topic of debate, yet scholars have not been able to agree on a definition of capitalism. In this article I first clear up some misconceptions and situate the debate in the Marxian tradition from which it arose. I argue that while non‐Marxian accounts of capitalism fail to explain the key social transformations that have accompanied the rise of capitalism globally, Marxian accounts have failed to comprehend similar transformations that occurred on American slave plantations in the 19th century. I then present a general model of capitalism, building on earlier work by Brenner and Wood, that both incorporates and explains the distinctive dynamics of capitalist slavery in the antebellum South.

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资本主义奴隶制理论

奴隶制与资本主义之间的关系已成为辩论的新话题，但学者们未能就资本主义的定义达成共识。在本文中，我首先澄清一些误解，并将辩论置于产生它的马克思主义传统中。我认为，尽管非马克思主义的资本主义说法无法解释伴随着全球资本主义兴起的主要社会变革，但马克思主义的账目却无法理解19世纪美国奴隶种植园发生的类似变革。然后，我以布伦纳和伍德的早期工作为基础，提出一种资本主义的一般模式，该模式既包含并解释了战前南方资本主义奴隶制的独特动力。