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

Items

• Bartolomeo Senarega, filza 1, nr. 58

  The slaveholder named Adamo Berchoano sells an enslaved Tatar child named Margarita, who is approximately 10 years of age, to a cloth merchant named Matteo de Rubeo, for 110 Genoese lire.
• Bartolomeo Senarega, filza 1, nr. 68

  The slaveholder and fish merchant named Antonio de Pastino sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a priest named Luciano de Massa for 150 Genoese lire. The contract contains a condition that the seller makes no claims regarding the health of the enslaved Maddalena. It also notes that Maddalena comes with her own clothes (cum vestibus suis tales quales sunt). The contract also states that Luciano will pay 40 Genoese lire at the time of sale and an additional 105 Genoese lire by the end of August 1429. The enslaved Maddalena agrees to serve in the household of Antonio for this subsequent year before her transfer into the household of Luciano.
• Battista Crosa, filza 1, nr. 457

  The slaveholder named Cristoforo de Murta sells an enslaved Russian child named Maria, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a certain Benedetto de Monterubeo for 120 Genoese lire.
• Battista Parisola, filza 4, nr. 382

  The slaveholder and barber named Bartolomeo Corso sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a coat-maker named Matteo de Lerma for 165 Genoese lire. The contract states that the enslaved Maria cannot subsequently be sold ouside the city of Genoa without the permission of Bartolomeo. If Bartholomeo refuses permission for Matteo to subsequently sell Maria, he is obliged to repurchase her at the original sale price, minus six lire per year for each year she is held by Matteo. The contract also mentions that Maria is sold with all of her clothes, which are valued at 30 Genoese lire.
• Battista Parisola, filza 8, nr. 206

  The slaveholder named Girolamo de Porta sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age, to Baldassare Giustiniani for 222 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. The contract notes that the enslaved Maria comes with all of her clothing. The means of payment involves three steps. First, a 149 lire promissory note from Baldasarre to the wool merchant Paolo de Albino. Second, a promissory note valued at 49 lire to Giovanni de Guirardis, and third a payment of 10 gold ducats, equivalent to 27.5 lire. The use of promissory notes to third parties suggests that the enslaved Maria was sold by Girolamo specifically to cover debts. Futhermore, Baldasarre has the option to return Maria to Girolamo within one year, in which case Girolamo must refund the full purchase price. If Baldassare decides to keep Maria after two years, Girolamo then has the right to buy her back at the original purchase price.
• Battista Serravalle, filza 1, nr. 102

  The slaveholder from Catalonia named Lluís Dala sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Anna, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Giuseppe de Chiappella, for 100 Genoses lire. The buyer waives all claims with regards to the health of the enslaved Anna, who is described as "talis qualis est."
• Battista Vinelli, filza 1, series II, nr. 199

  The slaveholder and corsair named Battista Aicardo, from the commune of Portomaurizio, sells an enslaved Russian woman named Catalina, who is approximately 35 years of age, along with her daughter Melica, who is approximately 5 years of age, to a silk dyer named Battista de Monteacuto for 135 Genoese lire. The payment is made in a combination of real coinage and money of account, although the contract does not specify the amounts of these.
• Battista Vinelli, filza 1, series II, nr. 342

  The slaveholder and blacksmith named Tommaso de Zoalio sells an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a silk dyer named Bartolomeo Calisano, for 150 Genoese lire.
• Bernardo Tassorello, filza 1, nr. 7

  The slaveholder named Stefano Cavallo sells an enslaved child named Aranicha, who is from the Canary Islands and who is approximately 8 years of age, to a blacksmith named Antonio Pasqua for 32 Genoese ducats.
• Biagio Foglietta, filza 1, unnumbered item dated 1491-09-15

  The wool merchant named Raffaele Sanguineto sells an enslaved Turkish child named Lucia, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a Catalonian merchant named Juan Marco for 125 Genoese lire.
• Biagio Foglietta, filza 1, unnumbered item dated 1491-09-28

  The slaveholder and Catalonian merchant named Juan Marco sells an enslaved Turkish child named Lucia, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a silk worker named Bartolomeo Riccio, for 200 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 102

  The slaveholder named Tommaso Bisaccia sells an enslaved Tatar child named Margarita, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Juan Garcia, a merchant from Seville, for 117 lire 10 soldi and 8 denari of Genoese currency.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 122

  The slaveholder named Gabriele de Buzalla sells two enslaved Circassian children, both named Giorgino, and both of whom are approximately 8 years of age, to a certain Nicolás de Oliverio, a merchant from Mallorca, for 110 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 123

  The slaveholder and shoemaker named Battista Garrone sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Nicolás de Oliverio, a merchant from Mallorca, for a payment of 145 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 134

  The slaveholder named Carlo de Corvaria sells an enslaved Circassian child named Maddalena, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a Catalonian merchant named Juan Brando, for 102 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 140

  The slaveholder named Merualdo Vivaldi sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a nobleman named Luca Gentile, for 125 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 188

  The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Cattaneo sells an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Elena, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a merchant from Barcelona named Valentín Garrido, for 140 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 223

  The slaveholder named Andrea de Iudice sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Pietro Lonso, for 131 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series I, nr. 292

  The slaveholder named Bendetto Marchesio sells an enslaved Tatar child named Maria, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a silk merchant named Bartolomeo Gatto, for 140 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series II, nr. 162

  The slaveholder named Antonio de Belleciono sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Benedetta, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Giovanni Grillo for 150 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series II, nr. 184

  This contract concerns the sale of an enslaved Circassian man named Lanzarotto, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Pedro Siforteise, from Mallorca, for 150 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series II, nr. 262

  The slaveholder and wool merchant named Simone Reggio sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Bartolomé Girones, from Mallorca, for 130 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series II, nr. 270

  The slaveholder named Antonio Gentile sells an enslaved Russian child named Caterina, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a merchant from Mallorca named Bartolomé Girones, for 96 lire and 6 soldi of Genoese currency.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 1, series II, nr. 273

  The slaveholder and blacksmith named Bartolomeo de Sexto sells the enslaved Russian child named Giacobino, who is approximately 10 years of age, to a certain Bartolomé Girones, from Mallorca, for 96 lire and 6 soldi of Genoese currency.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 11, series I, nr. 45

  The slaveholder and notary named Giorgio de Canicia sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Pietro de Clavaro, for 150 Genoese lire.