Sales contracts for enslaved men and women
Item set
- Title
- Sales contracts for enslaved men and women
- Description
- This is a collection of sales contracts for enslaved men and women enacted in Genoa and the Genoese Mediterranean.
- Identifier
- e64fec60-bf9a-4e2a-8d52-29a8f01a90e1
Items
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Cristoforo de Revellino, register 24, 1405, volume I, fol. 23v
The slaveholder named Girolamo Zuccaretto sells an enslaved Tatar child named Maria, who is approximatley 13 years of age, to a certain Ginevra Sivoro, for 50 Genoese lire. -
Cristoforo de Revellino, register 24, 1405, volume I, fol. 266r
The heirs of Giovanni Fatinante sell an enslaved Tatar child named Giorgino, who is approximately 13 years of age, at auction to a certain Tommaso Ganducio, for 68 lire and 15 soldi of Genoese currency. -
Cristoforo de Revellino, register 24, 1405, volume I, fol. 79r
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Asario sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Battista de Savinione, for 62 lire and 5 soldi of Genoese currency. -
Cristoforo de Revellino, register 6, 1392, fol. 1r–v
The slaveholder and notary named Antonio de Castiliono sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Margarita Galaffio, wife of an apothecary from San Remo named Odono Galaffio, for 70 Genoese lire. The contract contains an obligation that notes since the enslaved Margarita is pregnant, the sale is at the risk and peril of the buyer. -
Cristoforo Rollero, filza 2, item dated 1491-05-04
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Passano sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Caterina, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a certain Agostino de Ronco, for 125 Genoese lire. -
Cristoforo Rollero, filza 4, item dated 1504-05-29
The slaveholder named Ambrogio de Clavaro sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 27 years of age, to a certain Cosmo de Sarzana for 170 Genoese lire. The seller makes no guarantees regarding the health of the enslaved Caterina. -
Cristoforo Sisto, filza 1, item dated 1443-08-21
The slaveholder named Exva de Mancremano, who is described as Jewish, sells an enslaved Russian child named Iora, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo de Pisa, from the city of Methoni, for 95 "perperi" of Pera. -
Davide Staliano, filza 1, nr. 222
The baptized Jewish man named Isaiah sells his daughter, who is named Alosana and is who approximately 7 years of age, to a certain Loisina Piccimbono, for 12 Genoese ducats. -
Davide Staliano, filza 1, nr. 255
The slaveholder named Gregorio de Molinariis sells an enslaved baptized Muslim named Caterina, to a certain Pietro Marenco, for 24 Genoese ducats. -
Domenico de Percipiano, filza 1, series I, nr. 65
The slaveholder and cheesemaker named Leonardo Barabino sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 45 years of age, to a silk dyer named Giovanni de Novis, for 90 Genoese lire. -
Francesco Camogli, filza 8, nr. 227
The slaveholder named Vincenzo Negrino sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 19 years of age, to a certain Battista Dancema for 200 Genoese lire. -
Francesco Camogli, filza 8, nr. 402
The slaveholders named Pellegro and Taddeo de Poliasca sell an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a silk merchant named Bernardo da Ceva, for 125 Genoese lire. -
Francesco Camogli, filza 8, nr. 73
The slaveholder named Gaitano de Oliva sells an enslaved woman from the Ottoman Empire named Lucia, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a silk merchant named Bernardo de Ceva. -
Francesco Casanova, filza 2, series I, nr. 95
The slaveholder named Isabella Bosio sells an enslaved Russian woman, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Isabella Usodimare, for 105 Genoese lire. -
Francesco Delfino, filza 2, nr. 479a
The slaveholder named Alfonso Diaz, from the city of Lisbon, sells an enslaved black African child, who is approximately 10 years of age, to a certain Battista Cicala, for 70 Genoese lire. The seller waives any guarantee regarding to the health of the enslaved girl. The contract was extracted. -
Francesco Delfino, filza 2, nr. 479b
The slaveholder named Alfonso Diaz, from the city of Lisbon, sells an enslaved black African child, who is approximately 10 years of age, to the notary named Bartolomeo de Canicia, for 60 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted. -
Gabriele Salvarezza, register 1, 1406–1437, fol. 150r
The slaveholder and notary named Antonio de Ferrari sells an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a notary named Paolo Raggio, for 130 Genoese lire. -
Giacomo Bovino, filza 1, nr. 51
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Teramo de Iordanis sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a cloth worker named Cristoforo de Gordena, for 140 Genoese lire. The payment was partially made in a measure of white cloth valued at 74 lire and 10 soldi, with another remaining quantity of cloth valued at 10 lire to paid within one month. The contract also mentions that Teramo must deliver all of Marta's clothing to Cristoforo upon request. -
Giacomo de Camulio, filza 3, nr. 124
The slaveholder and notary named Raffaele Boccone sells an enslaved Tatar man named Giacomaccio, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a commercial agent named Leonello Marino, for 60 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. -
Giacomo de Camulio, filza 5, nr. 103
The slaveholder and notary named Raffaele Valletaro sells an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a draper named Gherardo de Fornari, for 80 Genoese lire. -
Giacomo de Recco, filza 2, series I, nr. 279
The slaveholder named Dorino Doria sells an enslaved baptized Mulsim woman named Margarita, who is approximatly 22 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo de Cabella, for 120 Genoese lire. The enslaved Margarita is held at the time of the transaction by Giorgo Doria, who acts as a reseller. -
Giacomo Rondanina, filza 1, series II, nr. 137
The slaveholder and former shoemaker named Antonio de Quarto sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 55 years of age, to a grain merchant named Antonio de Bertamino for 39 lire and 15 soldi of Genoese currency, with an agreement that the sale can be cancelled within two years and the payment returned to Antonio de Bertomino. The contract also mentions that should the buyer Antonio cancel the agreement, then he can also be remunerated for the clothing that he had made for the enslaved Caterina. -
Giacomo Rondanina, filza 10, series II, nr. 323
The slaveholder named Giorgio de Varixio sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Melica, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Raffaele de Recco, for 160 Genoese lire. -
Giacomo Rondanina, filza 10, series II, nr. 392
The slaveholder named Raffaele de Facio sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age, to his father Lorenzo de Facio, for 100 Genoese lire. -
Giacomo Rondanina, filza 3, nr. 73
The slaveholder named Battestina Stella sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age and described as black, to a certain Girolamo de Cazerio, for 100 Genoese lire.