Whether captured by European or African slave traders, or enslaved as prisoners during war, the Africans' fate was the sameâto be shackled, confined in a ship, and transported across the ocean and sold into a life of forced labor. Here we read from two perspectives, the enslaved and the enslaver.
This Golden Coast is a 30-mile stretch of shoreline with uninterrupted golden sands. More interesting to the would-be retiree is that Uruguayâs Costa de Oro also boasts some of the countryâs best beach towns for full-time retirement living. These shady, livable towns are affordable, safe, friendly, and welcoming.ere are a few of the benefits Uruguay, and especially its Costa de Oro, has to offer retirees: Safety and stability. At different times in its history, Uruguay has been part of Spain, Portugal, and Brazil.
Eventually in the 1820s the new state broke up. Bolivia became independent in 1825 and Uruguay was created as a buffer state between Argentina and Brazil in 1828 after a war between the two countries. In 1835 General Juan Manuel de Rosas became dictator of Argentina. He was a federalist but ironically he introduced a strong (and repressive) central government.