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

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• Branca Bagnara, filza 5, series I, nr. 10

  The slaveholder named Benedetto Doria sells an enslaved Russian woman named Teodora, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Giacomo Ventura, from Florence, for 190 Genoese lire. Giacomo was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series II, nr. 239

  The slaveholder named Orietta Vivaldi sells an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Barthélémy Priore, from Nice, for 122 Genoese lire. Orietta is represented in the transaction by Oberto Gollo, who serves as her procurator.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series II, nr. 240

  The slaveholder named Giovanni Navone sells an enslaved Russian child named Lucia, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Barthélémy Priore from Nice, for 120 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series II, nr. 241

  The slaveholder and mercer named Gabriele Aliprando sells an enslaved Russian child named Lucia, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Barthélémy Priore, from Nice, for 107 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series II, nr. 242

  The slaveholder named Teramo Calvo sells an enlaved Russian child named Maddalena, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a certain Barthélémy Priore, from Nice, for 125 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series II, nr. 243

  The slaveholder named Pietro de Sancto Ulcixio sells an enlaved Russian child named Maria, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Barthélémy Priore, from Nice, for 125 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series II, nr. 40

  The slaveholder and blacksmith named Giovanni de Rapallo sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to three brothers, a notary named Giovanni Riccio, an archer named Bertone Riccio, and a certain Oberto Riccio, for 130 Genoese lire. Oberto was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The brothers have the right to return Maria within one year if they discover she is prone to drunkenness or theft. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 7, series I, nr. 10

  The slaveholder named Battista Leone sells an enslaved Abkhazan child named Giorgio, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Domenico de Pane, from Nice, for 68 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 7, series I, nr. 100

  The slaveholder and lawyer named Andrea de Benigassio sells an enslaved Tatar child named Giuliano, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Emanuele Usodimare, for 82 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 7, series I, nr. 9

  The slaveholder named Paolo Adorno sells an enslaved Russian child named Giorgio, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a merchant from Nice named Domenico de Pane, for 70 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 8, series I, nr. 219

  The slaveholder and grain merchant named Antonio de Bertramino sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a merchant from Florence named Matteo di ser Antonio for 140 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, filza 8, series I, nr. 261

  The slaveholder named Antonio Scarella sells an enslaved Russian man named Giacobino, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant from Florence named Matteo de ser Antonio, for 90 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fol. 105r–v

  The slaveholder named Manfredo de Guisulfis sells an enslaved Russian woman named Cristina, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Guglielmo de Puris, from Mallorca, for 125 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fol. 116r–v

  The slaveholder named Marietta Scotto sells an enslaved Abkhazan child named Giovanna, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a certain Catarina de Mari, for 115 Genoese lire. Catarina was represented in the transaction by Giannotto Salvago who served as her procurator. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fol. 24r–v

  The slaveholder named Giovanni Rasperio sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Lorenzo Denuto, for 130 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fol. 277r–v

  The slaveholder named Guglielmo Malo sells two enslaved children to a certain Agostino Squarciafico, for 136 Genoese lire. The first child is an enslaved Abkhazan boy named Giorgino, who is approximately 10 years of age, and the second child is an enslaved Circassian boy also named Giorgino, who is approximately 9 years of age.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fol. 49r–v

  The slaveholder from Amalfi named Pietro Iharlone sells an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Benedetto Marino, for 122 Genoese lire.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fol. 90r–v

  The slaveholder and oar-maker named Bartolomeo de Corexio sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Gaspare Gentile, for 118 lire. Bartolomeo is attested as being the age of majority by his father Pietro who is present during the transaction. Gaspare is purchasing the enslaved Margarita on behalf of another person, but the contract is unclear about who that might me.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fols. 105v–106v

  The slaveholder named Violante Calcine sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a merchant from Mallorca named Guillermo de Puris, for 110 Genoese lire. Violante is absent during the transaction and is represented by a certain Miguel de Rosens who serves as her procurator. The sale allows the buyer to return the enslaved Maddalena within 24 hours should she be discovered as suffering from any infirmity.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fols. 125v–126r

  The slaveholder and notary named Tommaso de Levanto sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant from Iberia named Pedro Indoya, for 130 Genoese lire. Pedro was absent during the transaction and represented by a merchant from Barcelona named Jaime Ferrerio, who served as his procurator. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fols. 22v–23r

  The slaveholder and notary named Giovanni Musso sells an enslaved Tatar child named Margarita, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a merchant from Barcelona named Bernardo de Casaldaguila, for 112 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fols. 25v–26r

  An enslaved Russian woman named Marta, who is approximately 24 years of age, is sold to a merchant from A Coruña named Bartoletto de Crugnono, for 90 Genoese lire. The enslaved Marta had been held a certain Pellegro Carmandino who had purchased her on behalf of the commune of Genoa. Antonio Lercari serves as the procurator for the commune in the sale.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fols. 278v–279r

  The slaveholder named Battista Presenda sells an enslaved Russian woman named Anastasia, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a merchant from Catania named Giovanni de Aricia, for 64 "mine" of Sicilian wheat. The contract mentions that the enslaved Anastasia had been consigned to Giovanni about three months earlier. The contract was extracted.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fols. 27r–28r

  The slaveholder and wool merchant from Montefegatesi named Antonio Iocho sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Gaspare Gentile. for 120 Genoese lire. The contract contains the condition that the enslaved Maddalena is not to be held in the city of Genoa, and if she is found in Genoa, that she will revert to the property of Antonio. However, if Maddalena should be freed by Gaspare, she would be allowed to reside in Genoa.
• Branca Bagnara, register 3, 1426–1428, fols. 35r–36r

  The slaveholder named Lorenzo Dentuto sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Teodora Montaldo, for 135 lire, 16 soldi, and 8 denari of Genoese currency. The purchse was made by a Niccolò Giustiniani, the son of Teodora, who served as her representative in the transaction. The contract was extracted.