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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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  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series II, nr. 266
    The silk worker named Giovanni Mangiavacca sells the enslaved Bulgarian woman named Margherita, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Lodisio Grimaldi, for 210 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series II, nr. 348
    The barber named Francesco Frascaria sells an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 32 years of age, to the silk merchant Giorgio Carpenino, for 64 Genoese ducats.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series II, nr. 77
    The slaveholder and silk merchant named Giovanni Battista Pichenotto sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Clara, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Simone Lecavello, for 240 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series, I, nr. 558
    The cheesemaker named Girolamo de Vineis sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Francesco Lomellini, for 200 Genoese lire. Francesco is represented in the transaction by Ambrogio Lomellini. The enslaved Maddalena is described as suffering from ringworm, and if she does not overcome the condition within two years, then she may be returned to Girolamo and Francesco would receive back the amount he had paid to Girolamo.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 128
    The jeweler and slaveholder named Pellegro de Poliasca sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Agostino Grimaldi, for 160 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 146
    The slaveholder named Demetrio Grimaldi sells an enslaved Turkish child named Maria, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Antonio de Franchi, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 180
    The slaveholder named Battina Vivaldi sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the silk-merchant named Pietro de Cabella, for 165 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 248
    The slaveholder named Francesco Lomellini sells an enslaved Mingrelian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Isolta de Marini, for 275 Genoese lire. Isolta is not present during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Giovanni de Novis.
  • Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 269
    The slaveholder and draper named Francesco de Saulo sells an enslaved Bosnian child named Margarita, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a certain Giovanni Cattaneo, for 195 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400-1407, fol. 216r
    The slaveholder named Battista Marino sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria to a certain Rainaldo Altovito of Florence, for 87 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 100r
    The slaveholder named Galeazzo de Petrabissara sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Niccolò Pietro de Siena, for 100 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 102r
    The slaveholder named Leonardo Campofregoso sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Tommaso Conte, for 80 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 107r
    The slaveholder and cutler named Adamo de Ponte sells an enslaved Tatar man named Giorgio, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a butcher named Antonio de Sancto Ulcixio, for 70 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 107v
    The slaveholder and notary named Corrado Mazzuro sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a man from San Miniato named Filippo Gaio, for 80 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 108r
    The slaveholder named Giovanni Merello sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Giacobina, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Leonardo Campofregoso, for 75 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 110v
    The slaveholder named Paolo de Castiliono sells an enslaved Tatar child named Lanzarotto, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a certain Pietro Doria, for 51 Genoese florins.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 125v
    The slaveholder from Siena named Niccolò de Ser Pietro sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the merchant named Vincenzo Aimario, for 90 Genoese florins.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 130v
    The slaveholder named Paolo de Castiliono sells an enslaved Russian woman named Cita, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Margarita de Franciscis for 78 lire and 15 soldi of Genoese currency.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 131r
    The slaveholder named Paolo de Castiliono sells an enslaved Russian child named Diana, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a merchant from Barcelona named Juan Prates, for 90 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 135r
    The slaveholder named Paolo de Castiliono sells an enslaved Russian woman named Sofia, who is approximately 21 years of age, to a certain Andalò Imperiale for 85 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 136v
    The slaveholder named Marco Beorcio sells an enslaved woman from the Ottoman territories named Calì, who is approximately 36 years of age, to person from Pisa named Beco Lardo, for 90 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 144r
    The slaveholder and merchant from Barcelona named Bernardo de Casaldaguila sells an enslaved Tatar child named Caterina, who is approximately 17 years of age, to a person from San Miniato named Filippo Gaio, for 80 Genoese lire.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 147r
    The slaveholder and apothecary from Bobbio named Colmbano Rainuccio sells an enslaved Tatar child named Giovanni, who is approximately 12 years of age, to the merchants from Barcelona named Juan Rame and Juan Prates, for 50 Genoese florins.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 148r
    The slaveholder named Domenico Campofregoso sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a merchant from Valencia named Luis Freixenet, for 77 lire and 18 soldi of Genoese currency.
  • Giovanni de Allegro, register 2, 1400–1407, fol. 155r
    The slaveholder named Raffaele Portinario sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Niccolò Cattaneo for 87 lire and 12 soldi of Genoese currency.