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Sales contracts for enslaved men and women

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Sales contracts for enslaved men and women
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This is a collection of sales contracts for enslaved men and women enacted in Genoa and the Genoese Mediterranean.
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  • Giacomo Rondanina, filza 5, series I, nr. 219
    The slaveholders and cotton weavers Teramo and Francesco de Recco, who are also brothers, sell an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Raffaele de Recco, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Giacomo Rondanina, filza 5, series I, nr. 322
    The slaveholder and cotton weaver named Francesco de Recco sells an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Dalmatio de Alla, a merchant from Barcelona resident in Genoa, for 210 Genoese lire.
  • Giacomo Rondanina, filza 5, series II, nr. 296
    The slaveholder named Tommaso Spinola sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Caterina, who is approximately 7 years of age, to a silk-weaver named Raffaele de Facio, for a measure of 93 "palmi di camocato."
  • Giacomo Rondanina, filza 7, series II, nr. 129
    The slaveholder named Raffaele Imperiale sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Cristina, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a certain Basilio Vinello, for 180 Genoese lire.
  • Giacomo Rondanina, filza 7, series II, nr. 333
    The slaveholder named Domenico Tivegna sells an enslaved Russian woman named Eliana, who is approximately 46 years of age, to a certain Bianca de Bosco, for 39 Genoese lire.
  • Giacomo Sclavina, filza 1, nr. 467
    The slaveholder named Ginevra Gattilusio sells an enslaved Muslim woman named Malfata, who is approximately 50 years of age, to a belt-maker named Bartolomeo de Canevalis, for 55 Genoese lire.
  • Giacomo Sclavina, filza 1, nr. 911
    The slaveholder named Giacomo Mainero sells an enslaved Bosnian child named Lucia, who is approximately 17 years of age, to a wool merchant named Bernardo Casella for 250 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Battista Foglietta, filza 1, item dated 1497-06-26
    The slaveholder named Mariola Pinelli sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maria to the Genoese citizen named Francesco Lomellini, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Battista Foglietta, filza 1, item dated 1497-08-22
    The slaveholder named Bernardina de Leone sells an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Maria to an apothecary named Angelo de Maiolo, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Battista Parisola, filza 22, nr. 431
    The slaveholder named Alfonso de Carretto, represented by the notary named Simone Bigna who acts as his representative, sells an enslaved child named Lucia, who is described as either Russian or Bosnian, and who is approximately 14 years of age, to a certain Giacomo de Roxio, for 303 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Battista Parisola, filza 7, series II, nr. 139
    The slaveholder named Vincenzo Spinola sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Maria, who is approximately 17 years of age, to a mercer and belt-maker named Leonardo Merello, for 160 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Battista Parisola, filza 7, series II, nr. 299
    The widowed slaveholder named Ginevra de Quarto sells an enslaved Albanian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a money-changer named Giacomo Crosa, for 125 Genoese lire paid in income (paghe) of shares of Casa di San Giorgio.
  • Giovanni Battista Parisola, filza 7, series II, nr. 324
    The slaveholder and former leather worker named Gregorio Stephano de Pornasio, an inhabitant of Genoa, sells an enslaved bapitized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Bernardo de Carretto, for 80 Genoese lire. The contract makes no assurances regarding the health of the enslaved Caterina, who is described as suffering from leprosy and "malo caduco".
  • Giovanni Costa, filza 9, nr. 722
    The slaveholder named Stefano Grimaldi sells an enslaved baptized Muslim from the western Mediterranean named Caterina, who is approximately 23 years of age, to a nun from the monastery of San Sepulcro di Sampierdarena named Maria de Marini, for 250 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 100
    The slaveholders named Lodisio de Sancto Blaxio and his wife Linò de Viviano sell an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Giacomo Cicala, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 96
    The slaveholder naemd Giacomo Bono sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Barnaba Fieschi, for 215 Genoese lire. Barnaba is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Giovanni de Novis.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 131
    The slaveholder named Matteo di Negro sells an enslaved Circassian child named Lucia, who is approximately 16 years of age, to the blacksmith named Battista de Vultabio, for 160 Genoese lire. The contract makes no guarantees regarding the health of the enslaved Lucia. Matteo is attested to be of the age of majority by his father Urbano who is present during the transaction.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 189
    The slaveholder named Selvagia Lomellini sells an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the shoemaker named Lorenzo Casaneria, for 170 Genoese lire. Selvagia is represented in the transaction by her spouse Lazzaro Cattaneo, who in turn is represented by Merualdo Grimaldi, who serves as his procurator. The contract waives any guarantees regarding the health of the enslaved Caterina.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 415
    The slaveholder named Lazzaro Cattaneo sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Marta, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Carlo Lomellini, for 230 Genoese lire. Lazzaro is represented in the transaction by Merualdo Grimaldi, who serves as his procurator. The contract was extracted.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 419
    The rope maker named Bendetto de Gavio sells an enslaved Russian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the silk merchant named Giorgio de Carpaneto, for 130 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 489
    The slaveholder named Marco Cattaneo sells an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 28 years of age, to the draper named Giovanni Invrea, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 561
    The slaveholder and draper named Giovanni Invrea sells an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 28 years old, to a certain Giorgio de Benigassio, for 202 lire and 15 soldi of Genoese currency. The contract notes that the enslaved Lucia comes with her clothing.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 562
    The slaveholder named Caterina de Sexino sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Marta, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the draper named Giovanni Invrea, for 225 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 580
    The slaveholder named Damiano Negrone sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Margarita, who is approximately 11 years of age, to a certain Carlo Lomellini, for 80 Genoese lire. Daminao is represented in the transaction by Gaspare Negrone. The contract was extracted.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series II, nr. 135
    The slaveholder named Giorgio de Fornari sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Anastasia, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Giorgio Cicala, for 200 Genoese lire.