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

Items

• Giuliano Canella, register 5, 1415–1417, fol. 79r–v

  The slaveholder named Giorgio Noitolano sells an enslaved Abkhazan child named Michele, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a pelter named Paolo de ser Pieri de Pisis, for 60 Genoese lire. The contract allows Paolo the right to return the enslaved Michele to Giorgio within six months.
• Giuliano Canella, register 5, 1415–1417, fols. 404v–405r

  The slaveholder named Domenico Senestrario sells an enslaved Tatar child named Andrea, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a certain Goffredo Lomellini, for 85 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 5, 1415–1417, fols. 53v–54r

  The slaveholder named Benedetto Marino sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a notary named Giacomo de Palodio, for 90 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 5, 1415–1417, fols. 67v–68r

  The slaveholder named Emanuele Capareggia sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who approximately 25 years of age, to a shoemaker named Luchino Corsario, for 100 Genoese lire. The contract states that Margarita is pregnant and that Luchino assumes the risk that she might die as a result of the pregnancy.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 14v

  The slaveholder named Raffaele de Guizo sells an enslaved Circassian man named Michele, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Domenico Accornerio, for 75 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 186r

  The slaveholder named Raffaele Burone sells an enslaved Circassian child named Caterina, who is approximately 15 years of age, to the merchant named Niccolò de Primo, for 125 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 216r

  The slaveholder named Francesco de Curlis sells an enslaved Tatar child named Lucia, who is approximately 11 years of age, to a certain Benedetto de Columnis, for 85 Genoese lire. Francesco is absent during the transaction and is represented by his brother Lodisio de Curlis, who serves as his procurator.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 21r

  The slaveholder named Giovanni Cattaneo sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a certain Andreola Cicala, for 90 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 21v

  The slaveholder named Andreola Cicala sells an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Cristina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Pietro de Monelia, for 110 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 246v

  The slaveholder and burgensis of Chios named Lanfranco Paterio sells an enslaved Circassian child named Martino, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a certain Gaspare de Lanfranchis, for 70 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 249r

  The slaveholder named Cattaneo de Cattaneis sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 19 years of age, to a certain Anselmo Bacosterio, for 110 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 24r

  The slaveholder named Agostino Brusaca sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the merchant from Nice named Cosmo Goffredis, for 110 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 4v

  The slaveholder and barber named Perrino de Bassigna sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Antonina, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Argenta Imperiale, for 107 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 77r

  The slaveholder named Giuliano Lomellini sells an enslaved woman from the Ottaman territories named Melica, who is approximately 34 years of age, to a leather worker named Lorenzo de Sancto Miniato, for 75 Genoese lire.
• Giuliano Canella, register 6, 1418–1421, fol. 90v

  The slaveholder and merchant from Pisa named Giacomo de Lagnelo sells an unnamed enslaved Circassian child, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a merchant from Catania named Juan Manobianca, for 114 Genoese lire.
• Gregorio Labaino, filza 6, series I, nr. 150

  This contract refers to the acquisition of the enslaved Tatar child named Maria, who is approximately 11 years of age, by Pietro Pinelli in Malta.
• Guirardo Brevei, filza 1, series III, nr. 232

  The slaveholder and blacksmith named Teramo de Daniele sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Agostino di Negro, for 127 Genoese lire.
• Guirardo Parisola, register 1, 1332–1458, fol. 10v

  The slaveholder named Niccolò de Monte Claro sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Caracosa to the breadmaker named Francesco de Moniardino.
• Guirardo Parisola, register 2, 1341–1398, fol. 15r

  The lector named Lorenzo de Spezia sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Cali, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Gianuccio de Palermo for a measure (31 mine) of grain from Sicily. Lorenzo is represented in the contract by the soldier named Guiliano de Muntenigio. The contract was extracted.
• Guirardo Parisola, register 3, 1382–1383, fol. 242v

  The slaveholder and nun named Orietta di Negro, abbess of the Monastery of San Columbano, sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Catalina, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Sclavolino di Pisa, for 59 Genoese lire. The contract contains an agreement that Orietta would be able to take Catalina back into possession if she returns to Genoa.
• Lazzaro Raggi, filza 9, nr. 295

  The slaveholder and nun named Ginevra Macia, treasurer of the Monastery of San Sepolcro di Sampierdarena, sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a certain Acelino Spinola, for 170 Genoese lire. The purchase is made on trial, and as such, Maddalena would be returned to the monastery six days later.
• Leonardo Parisola, filza 5, nr. 322

  The slaveholder named Pietro Promontorio sells an enslaved woman named Diletta, who is approximately 23 years of age, to a certain Ottobone Spinola, for 80 Genoese ducats. The contract is the ratification of an exchange that took place in Sicily.
• Lodisio Tarigo, register 1, 1408–1433, fol. 19r

  The slaveholder named Cosmo de Montenigro sells an enslaved Abkhazan man named Cristiano.
• Lombardo di Santo Stefano, filza 1, series I, nr. 8

  The slaveholder and notary named Antonio de Ponte sells an Russian enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a grammar teacher named Lodisio de Guasco, for 60 Genoese lire.
• Lombardo di Santo Stefano, filza 2, series I, nr. 44

  The slaveholder named Giovanni sells an enslaved Russian child named Clara, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a certain Caterina de Franchis for 76 Genoese lire.