After that illegal smugglers purchased slaves along the coast by native slavers. Raids by "Saracen" pirates and slavers also may have been a deciding factor. Public opinion tended to be on the side of run-away slaves and against the slavers. They attack the Iron Shepards in their stronghold, rescuing their friends and killing the slavers. Peruvian slavers raided the island as well. Raistlin told Usha that her parents were captured by Minotaur slavers. King Jaja of Opobo, a former slave, refused to do any business with the slavers. Juan Valiente was born West Africa and purchased by Portuguese traders from African slavers. Soon after, they are captured by slavers. The Portuguese quickly transitioned into a trade network with African nobility and slavers. Years later, Star-Lord becomes involved in stopping a group of slavers who are destroying worlds. The Arab League protested the depiction of all the Arab characters as slavers. He battled Sssthgar's slavers, Mercurio, and Xorr. The slavers of Yunkai are known as the Wise Masters. The slavers of Meereen are known as the Great Masters.