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

Items

• Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series II, nr. 162

  The slaveholder named Simone Nigrone sells an enslaved woman from the Ottoman Empire named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Domenico Gentile, for 250 Genoese lire.
• Girolamo Loggia, filza 2, series II, nr. 275

  The slaveholder named Paolo Boiardo leases an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 28 years of age, for 40 Genoese lire, to a certain Giacomo di Negro, under the condition that he may not keep her in Genoa or the surrounding area without the consent of a certain Francesco Lomellini. The term of the lease is six years from the first of May 1483.
• Girolamo Loggia, filza 3, series I, nr. 138

  The slaveholder named Berniccia de Sancto Blaxio sells the an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is 28 years of age and from the Canary Islands, to a certain Marco Bencio, from Siena, for 47 Genoese ducats.
• Girolamo Loggia, filza 3, series I, nr. 288

  The slaveholder and silk spinner named Marsilio de Capriata sells an enslaved woman named Lucia, who is from the Canary Islands and who is approximately 30 years of age, to a silk merchant named Bartolomeo de Sachis, for 150 Genoese lire.
• Girolamo Loggia, filza 3, series I, nr. 411

  The slaveholder named Oberto di Negro sells an enslaved baptized Muslim named Maria, who is from Asilah and approximately 28 years of age, to the merchant named Pietro de Guizo, for 190 Genoese lire.
• Girolamo Loggia, filza 3, series II, nr. 247

  The slaveholder named Giovanni Cattaneo sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Margherita, who is approximately 23 years of age, to a merchant named Francesco Riccio, for 240 Genoese lire.
• Girolamo Loggia, filza 3, series II, nr. 293

  The slaveholder named Giovanni de Sopranis sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a nobleman named Filippo Spinola, for 300 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume I, 1408–1410, fol. 115r

  The slaveholder named Clemente Grillo sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman, who is approximately 19 years of age, to a notary named Bartolomeo de Montaldo, for 86 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume I, 1408–1410, fol. 124r

  The slaveholder and merchant from Messina named Cola de Rixio sells an enslaved Russian child named Gaspare, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a nobleman named Giovanni de Cancelleriis, for 75 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume I, 1408–1410, fol. 191r

  The slaveholder named Corrado de Manarolia sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 19 years of age, to a nobleman named Pietro Ittaliano, for 115 Genoese lire. The contract indicates that the enslaved Maria is "cum nutrice" and thus that she will serve as a wet nurse.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume I, 1408–1410, fol. 64v

  The slaveholder and merchant named Pietro Giustiniani sells an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Elena, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the nobleman named Matteo Lomellini, for 100 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume I, 1408–1410, fol. 77r

  The slaveholder named Leonardo Campofregoso sells an enslaved Russian man named Pastorino, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Giacinto Aimario, for 80 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume I, 1408–1410, fol. 81r

  The slaveholder named Giovanni di Negro sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant from Lucca named Antonio Quarto, for 100 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume II, 1410–1411, fol. 114r

  The slaveholder named Antonio Ittaliano sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 19 years of age, to a certain Battista Zaccaria, for 90 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume II, 1410–1411, fol. 129r

  The slaveholder named Niccolò Borello sells an enslaved Bulgarian child named Maria, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a man named Andrea Massone, for 100 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume II, 1410–1411, fol. 35r

  The slaveholder named Novello Lercari sells an enslaved Bulgarian child named Argisia, who is approximately 14 years of age, to the merchant from Pisa named Beco Bernagalo, for 90 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume II, 1410–1411, fol. 35v–36r

  The slaveholder named Giovanni Usodimare sells two enslaved women the cloth merchant from Pisa named Gaspare de Bartolomeo, for a total of 190 Genoese lire. The first woman is an enslaved Bulgarian named Margarita; the second woman is an enslaved Russian named Maddalena. Both women are described as being approximately 18 to 20 years of age.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume II, 1410–1411, fol. 36r

  The slaveholder named Meliaduce de Guisulfis sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a wool merchant named Antonio de Quarto, for 100 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume II, 1410–1411, fol. 36v

  The slaveholder named Giovanni Usodimare sells an enslaved Russian woman named Bennisia, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Teodora Spinola, for 95 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume II, 1410–1411, fol. 41r

  The slaveholder named Antonio Spinola sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a commercial broker named Pellegro de Prato, for 100 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume II, 1410–1411, fol. 56r

  The slaveholder named Antonio de Astis sells an enslaved Russian child named Anna, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a certain Giano Lomellini, for 90 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume II, 1410–1411, fol. 58r

  The slaveholder and wool merchant named Pellegro de Clavaro sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 19 years of age, to an apothecary named Giacomo Prezenda, for 100 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 2, volume II, 1410–1411, fol. 91v

  The slaveholder and priest named Melchiorre Fatinante sells an enslaved Russian boy named Lanzarotto, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a certain Pietro Bondenario, for 60 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 3, 1412–1413, fol. 107r

  The slaveholder named Violante Cattaneo sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Pietro Palmario, for 77 lire 1 denari and 8 soldi of Genoese currency.
• Giuliano Canella, register 3, 1412–1413, fol. 111r

  The slaveholder named Tommaso Sofia sells an enslaved Abkhazan child named Martino, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a money changer named Baliano de Porta.