Networks of slaveholding and enslavement in the Genoese Mediterranean, 1348–1528

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• Acquisto Cappelli, entry dated 1402-05-08

  The slaveholder and blacksmith named Battista Barissone sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a man from Pisa named Giovanni Maiolino, for 85 Genoese lire. Giovanni is represented in the transaction by a man from Florence named Ardingo Riccio.
• Alaone de Levanto, filza 2, nr. 125

  The slaveholder named Lopez de Lam, a merchant from Spain, sells an enslaved Circassian child named Caterina, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Pedro Rois, a citizen of Seville, for 72 Genoese lire.
• Alaone de Levanto, filza 2, nr. 357

  The slaveholder and leather worker named Lodisio de Orerio sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Marta, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Pedro Gonsales de Ordiales, a merchant from Spain, for 100 Genoese lire.
• Alaone de Levanto, filza 2, nr. 358

  The slaveholder named Tommaso Embrone sells an enslaved Circassian child named Lucia, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a merchant from Spain named Pedro Gonsales de Ordiales, for 90 Genoese lire.
• Andrea de Cairo, filza 17, nr. 198

  The slaveholder named Filippo de Marini sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Benedetto Doria, prelate of San Lorenzo in Genoa, for 192 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency.
• Andrea de Cairo, filza 3, series I, nr. 66

  This contract describes the sale of an enslaved girl, who is approximately 15 years of age, for 148 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency.
• Andrea de Cairo, filza 31, nr. 73

  The slaveholder named Bianca Adorno sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Antonio de Caito for 165 Genoese lire.
• Andrea de Cairo, filza 4, nr. 163

  The slaveholder and notary named Gottardo Stella sells an enslaved Russian woman named Anna, who is approximately 25 years old, to a man from Ibiza named Jorge Veglio, for 137 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. The contract states that the enslaved Anna may not be held within the city of Genoa after the sale.
• Andrea de Cairo, filza 7, nr. 335

  The slaveholder named Limbania de Guisulfis sells an enslaved woman named Marta, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a man from Pavia named Gregorio de Bozzolo, for 125 Genoese lire paid in income from shares of the Casa di San Giorgio. The seller waives any guarantee regarding the health of the enslaved Marta. Gregorio is represented in the contract by a certain Damino Avondo and the enacting notary Andrea de Cairo. The contract also notes that the sale is made by Limbania with the intercession of Giacomo Imperiale, the archbishop of Genoa, and a certain Giovanni de Cruxilia, who acts as guarantors for Limbania.
• Andrea Medianotte, filza 1, series I, nr. 132

  The slaveholder from Bonifacio named Antonio de Martis sells an enslaved woman from the Anatolian Peninsula named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a merchant from Mallorca named Pedro de Clerano, for 120 Genoese lire.
• Andrea Medianotte, filza 1, series I, nr. 303

  The slaveholder named Antonio Pepere sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a grain merchant named Niccolò de Crosa, for 50 Genoese lire.
• Andrea Medianotte, filza 1, series I, nr. 90

  The slaveholder from Pisa named Giovanni Gadatalenta sells an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to another person from Pisa named Antonio Petrichollo, for 140 Genoese lire.
• Andreolo Caito, register 1, volume II, 1370, fol. 1r

  The slaveholder and blacksmith named Bartolomeo de Cruce sells an enslaved Tatar child named Carza, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a certain Pedro Ameto, from Barcelona, for 32 Genoese lire.
• Andreolo Caito, register 3, 1380–1400, fols. 139v–140r

  The slaveholder and notary named Emanuele de Candeasco sells an enslaved Tatar child named Antonina, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a man from Sant Mateu, in the kingdom of Valencia, named Ramon Gelat, for 44 Genoese lire.
• Andreolo Caito, register 4, 1392–1393, fol. 76r–v

  The slaveholder named Turco Lercari sells an enslaved Tatar man named Giovanni, who is 40 years of age, and an enslaved Tatar woman named Cristiana, who is also 40 years of age, to a certain Simone de Pinu, from Corsica, for 70 Genoese lire. The enslaved man and woman are husband and wife.
• Andreolo Caito, register 6, 1370–1409, fol. 18r

  The slaveholder and notary named Antonio de Viviano sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Cristina, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a certain Linò Pellegrino, for 70 Genoese lire.
• Andreolo Caito, register 6, 1370–1409, fol. 30r

  The slaveholder named Michele Lomellini sells an enslaved Tatar man named Asperto, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a man from Canari named Landuculo de Lercunnelo, for 57 Genoese lire. Landuculo is represented in the contract by another man from Canari named Tintone de Vertuculo.
• Andreolo Caito, register 6, 1370–1409, fol. 31r

  The slaveholder and wool merchant named Battista de Rapallo sells an enslaved Tatar child named Giacomaccio, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a certain Ambrogio de Franchi, for 62 lire and 10 soldi in Genoese currency.
• Antonio de Podenzolo, register 1, volume II, 1353–1365, fol. 97r–v

  The slaveholder named Antibe de Opiciis, from the commune of Moneglia, sells an enslaved Tatar child named Rorach, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a man from Venice named Bonsegnorio de Murano, for 55 asperes of Kiliya.
• Antonio Fazio, filza 1, nr. 170

  The slaveholder named Ambrogio de Scipionibus sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Goffredo Gentile for 131 Genoese lire.
• Antonio Fazio, filza 1, nr. 170a

  The slaveholder named Goffredo Gentile sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Goterio Doria for 140 Genoese lire.
• Antonio Fazio, filza 1, nr. 221

  The slaveholder named Domenico de Mari sells an enslaved baptized Muslim named Giacomo, who is approximatelly 24 years of age and described as "olive", to a merchant from Barcelona named Jame Ferrerio, for 70 Genoese lire.
• Antonio Fazio, filza 1, nr. 285

  The slaveholder and pawnbroker named Antonio Carbone, from Asti, sells an enslaved Russian child named Luca, who is approximately 10 years of age, to a silk merchant named Francesco de Loreto for 85 Genoese lire.
• Antonio Fazio, filza 1, nr. 305

  The slaveholder named Battista Usodimare sells an enslaved Russian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant from Valencia named Jaime Ferrerio, for 83 Genoese lire.
• Antonio Fazio, filza 1, nr. 60

  The slaveholder named Giorgio Salvago sells an enslaved Circassian child named Valentino, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a shoemaker named Battista de Canalis, for 64 Genoese lire.