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said that there are four factors that cause social issue and lead todeficienciesin the human lifeorsocialgroup:
a. Economic factor, such as poverty and unemployment
b. Biological factor, such as contagious disease
c. Psychological factor, such as mental disorder
d. Cultural factor, such as juvenile delinquency
There are so many social issues that emerge in social life, such as poverty, violence, suicide, sexual abuse, human rights, racial discrimination, slavery and
injustice. Social issues that can be found in this novel are slavery and injustice.
2.4 Slavery
Slavery is one of social issues that occurs in the society life.Slavery is the state of being a slave, a person who is legally owned by another person and forced to
work for them. Slaves are the outsiders who are brought forcibly to serve their masters, or in a particular way are removed from their community membership,
because they owe something or it is because of doing a criminal or as a prisoner of war.
Slavery enters human history with civilization. It happens when people have their own large farm or workshop and need other people who can harvest their wide-
range farm and take care of their properties as well. It is a real benefit to acquire a reliable source of cheap labor, costing no more than the minimum of food and
lodging. These are the conditions for slavery. Every ancient civilization uses slaves and it proves easy to acquire them.
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There are several ways to acquire slaves. First is war. It is the main source of supply, and wars are frequent and brutal in early civilizations. When a town falls to a
hostile army, it is normal to take into slavery those inhabitants who will make useful workers and to kill the rest. Second way is the pirates who offer their captives for
sale. Third way is a criminal who is sentenced to slavery. Fourth way is the people who can not pay their debt. It can bring the end of the liberty. Fifth way is the
impoverished sell their own children. Sixth way is the children of slaves are themselves slaves. Retrieved from
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Slavery happenedsincemany centuries ago in many countries: Sumer, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, the Akkadian Empire, Assyria, Ancient India, Ancient
