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

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• Bartolomeo Pino de Saulo, filza 1, nr. 242

  The slaveholder and caulker named Antonio Cavo sells an enslaved Circassian child named Andrea, who is approximately 17 years of age, to a shipwright named Paolo de Sancto Romulo, for 55 Genoese lire.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 1, series I, nr. 30

  The slaveholder named Simone Cattaneo sells an enslaved child named Cristina, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a man from Lucca named Giovanni Trenta for 142 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. Giovanni is represented in the transaction by a merchant from Lucca named Lorenzo Mariano who serves as his procurator.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 1, series I, nr. 86

  The slaveholder and cutler named Oberto Celesia sells an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 30 years old, to a certain Niccolò Marchione for 124 Genoese lire. Niccolò is represented in the contract Lazzaro Lercari who serves as his procurator.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 1, series II, nr. 72

  The slaveholder named Percivalle Fieschi sells an enslaved Russian man named Giacobino, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Cristoforo Spinola, for 100 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the exchange of the enslaved Giacobino was made at an earlier date in the year 1447.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series I, nr. 202

  The slaveholder and merchant from Barcelona named Juan Ros sells an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Galeazzo Doria, for 145 Genoese lire. Galeazzo is represented in the transaction by a certian Demetrio Negrone. The contract states that the enslaved Caterina was sold to Juan by a certain Filippo Ihauroia on behalf of Niccolò Ihauroia of Varazze. The contract was extracted.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series I, nr. 210

  The slaveholder named Girolamo de Cassina sells an enslaved woman named Nicolosia, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Domenico Predenza, for 140 Genoese lire. Domenico agrees to pay 70 lire immediately to Girolamo and the remaining 70 lire by Christmas. The contract was extracted.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series II, nr. 150

  The slaveholder named Baliano de Sancto Sexto sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Marta, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Antonio de Monsia, for 160 Genoese lire.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series II, nr. 3

  The slaveholder named Gabriele Pinelli sells an enslaved woman named Marta, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a man from Ventimiglia named Lanfranco Macia, for 146 Genoese lire.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series II, nr. 324

  This contract relates to the sale of an enslaved woman, who is approximately 20 years of age, for 160 Genoese lire.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 2, series II, nr. 35

  The slaveholder named Teodora de Bargalio sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Anna, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a merchant from Catalonia named Gonsales Rois, for 160 Genoese lire. Gonsales is absent during the transaction and is represented by another merchant from Catalonia named Lluís Manuel. The contract was extracted.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 4, series I, nr. 118

  The slaveholder named Ottaviano Cattaneo sells an ensalved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a wool worker named Pietro de Maiolo, for 160 Genoese lire. Ottaviano is represented in the contract by Percivale Cattaneo.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 4, series I, nr. 129

  The slaveholder and shoemaker named Antonio de Passagio sells an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a merchant from Milan named Venturino Borromeo, for 190 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the seller makes no guarantees regarding the health of the enslaved Margarita.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 4, series I, nr. 251

  The slaveholder named Enrico de Podio sells an enslaved Albanian woman named Melica, who is approximately 19 years of age, to a certain Benedetto Ittaliano, for 185 Genoese lire. The contract contains a clause that if, for any reason, the children of Melica could not be sold as enslaved persons, then the sale is void and Enrico would have to return the purchase price to Benedetto. The contract was extracted.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 4, series II, nr. 235

  The slaveholder named Antonio Pinelli sells an enslaved child named Lucia, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a merchant from Milan named Matteo de Nigris, for 200 Genoese lire, paid with the income in shares (paghe) from the Casa di San Giorgio.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 4, series II, nr. 324

  The slaveholder named Agostino Senarega sells an enslaved Tatar woman, who is approximately 19 years of age, to the nobleman named Antonio Ravaschiero, for 130 Genoese lire.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series I, nr. 101

  The slaveholder named Bianca de Villa sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Argenta Pansano, for 150 Genoese lire. The enslaved Caterina had been held by a certain Giacomo Pelissone, the deceased son of Bianca, and was sold by Bianca as a named executor in his testament on behalf of his heirs. Bianca was represented in the transaction by her son and wool merchant named Antonio Pelissone. Argenta was represented in the transaction by her father and silk merchant named Giovanni Pansano. The sale was brokered by the commercial agent named Giovanni Boecio.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series I, nr. 181

  The slaveholder named Benedetto Ittaliano sells an enslaved Albanian woman named Melica, who is approximately 19 years old, to a widow named Caterina Pallavicini for 185 Genoese lire. The contract contains a clause that states that should Melica be declared as Christian, and thus not able to be sold as property, then Benedetto is required to return the payment amount to Caterina. The contract also mentions that the enslaved Melica is the same person sold to Benedetto by a certain Enrico de Podio in a contract enacted on 23 December 1455 by the same notary.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series I, nr. 189a

  The slaveholder named Federico Cicala sells an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 31 years of age, to man from Biscay named Pedro de Deva, for 150 Genoese lire.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series I, nr. 247

  The slaveholder and notary named Battista Garrone sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Niccolò Granello, for 211 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series I, nr. 261

  The slaveholder and draper named Giovanni de Franchi sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years old, to a certain Gaspare Spinola, for 170 Genoese lire.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series II, nr. 141

  The slaveholder named Lucia Lomellini sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Maria, who is approximately 6 years of age, to a certain Marta Ungaro, for 89 lire and 5 soldi of Genoese currency.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series III, nr. 11

  The slaveholder named Giovanni Antonio de Ferrari sells an Circassian child named Batisata, who was formerly named Chichicosa and who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Abraino de Lecho, for 190 Genoese lire.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series III, nr. 25

  The slaveholder named Odoardo Reghiccia sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Lorenzo Valletaro, for 160 Genoese lire.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series III, nr. 3

  The slaveholder and nun from the monastery of San Sepulcro in San Pier d'Arena named Costanza Spinola sells an enslaved woman named Margarita, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a certain Antonio Casanova, for 130 Genoese lire. The contract notes that the actual sale had taken place on 9 December 1456 and that the enslaved Margarita is handed over to Antonio by a certain Domenico Vivaldi.
• Bartolomeo Risso, filza 5, series III, nr. 64

  The slaveholder named Battista Costa sells an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a merchant from Biscay named Martín de Sobala, for 180 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.