Abstract Slavery And Injustice In America As Portrayed In Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years A Slave

ABSTRAK
Skripsiiniberjudul “SLAVERY AND INJUSTICE IN AMERICA AS
PORTRAYED IN SOLOMON NORTHUP’S TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE”
yangmenganalisistentangperbudakandanketidakadilan
yang
dialamioleh
orang
kulithitam yang terjadi di Amerikapadaabad ke-19. Dalam novel tersebut, Solomon
menceritakankisahnyatahidupnyasebagai orang kulithitam yang bebas yang diculik di
Washington
DC,
dandijualkedalamperbudakanselamaduabelastahun.Melaluipengalamannyasebagaibudak,
diamenunjukkanbetapamengerikanperbudakanitudanketidakadilan yang diterima orang
kulithitamsebagaibudak
di
Amerika.Olehsebabitu,
skripsiinibertujuanuntukmenunjukkanbetapaburuknyaperbudakanbagimanusiakarenahali
tumelanggarhakasasimanusiadanharusdihapuskan
di
dunia.Metode
yang

digunakandalampenulisanskripsiiniadalahkualitatifdeskriptif,
danteori
yang
digunakanadalahsosiologisastradanpendekatanhistoris.

Kata Kunci: perbudakan, ketidakadilan, orang kulithitam

ABSTRACT

This thesis entitled “SLAVERY AND INJUSTICE IN AMERICA AS
PORTRAYED IN SOLOMON NORTHUP’S TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE” which
analyzes about slavery and injustice which is experienced by black people that is
happened in America in the 19th century. In the novel, Solomon tells about his true life
story as a black freeman who is kidnapped and sold into slavery for twelve years.
Through his experience as a slave, he shows that how awful slavery and injustice are
which are received by black people as slaves in America. Therefore, this thesis is aimed
to show how bad slavery towards human because it breaks human rights and should be
abolished from the world. The method that is applied in making this thesis is qualitative
descriptive and the theories that are used are literary sociology and historical approach.

Keywords: slavery, injustice, black people