 These operations were run by both genders, the Portuguese men and women.Official documents of the Governor-general Joaquim Pereira Marinho from 1840-1841 period state everyone was involved in this slave trading operations, from Portuguese to Moors, women of all ages, clergymen, civilians and soldiers in the Portuguese colony; it also describes how "mujojos", or "dark Moors" would invade to steal slaves and export them from different ports and the Island of Mozambique.The human abuse through slave capture and trading created increasing conflicts in Africa, as well as protests within Europe.