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

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• Nicolò Raggi, filza 25, nr. 169

  The slaveholder named Francesco Cibo sells an enslaved child named Anna, who is approximately 14 years old and from the Canary Islands, to Pietro de Mari for 200 Genoese lire. Pietro is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Niccolò Raggio.
• Nicolò Raggi, filza 25, nr. 596

  The slaveholder named Angelo de Capeletto sells an enslaved baptized Muslim named Ali to a certain Niccolò Mainetto, for 100 Genoese lire.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 1, nr. 109

  The slaveholder Antonio de Lacavara, from the commune of Novi, sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Erestina, who is approximately 25 years of age, to an apothecary named Antonio Rebuffo, for 70 Genoese lire. The contract indicates that she was purchased for the purpose of wet nursing.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 1, series I, nr. 324

  The slaveholder named Niccolò de Turrilia sells an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a man from Pisa named Andreotto de Scorno, for 150 Genoese lire.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 1, series I, nr. 418

  The slaveholder named Pietro Grillo sells an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Cristiano Grillo, for 130 Genoese lire.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 1, series I, nr. 462

  This contract relates to the sale of an enslaved Russian woman, who is approximately 20 years of age, for 150 Genoese lire.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 11, nr. 335

  The slaveholder named Emanuele Cicala sells an enslaved Russian girl, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a merchant from Tortosa named Francino Pedralbes, for 176 Genoese lire.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 26, series I, nr. 145

  The slaveholder and burgensis of Chios named Giovanni Mirono sells an enslaved Bosnian child named Caterina, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Barnaba de Sancto Blaxio, for 215 Genoese lire.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 37, nr. 161

  The slaveholder and cheesmaker named Cristoforo de Davania sells an enslaved Albanian woman named Caterina to Gerardo and Lucia Degia, for 200 Genoese lire.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 4, series I, nr. 292

  The slaveholder and silk merchant named Giovanni de Monleone sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a notary named Cristoforo de Salvo for 150 Genoese lire. Cristoforo would later successfully argue that Margarita was infirm at the time of sale and Giovanni was ordered to return to the payment. Margarita would be resold a few weeks later.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 4, series II, nr. 118

  The slaveholder named Giacomo Clavezana sells an enslaved Mingrelian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Filippo Iavrone, for 160 Genoese lire.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 4, series II, nr. 414

  The slaveholder named Antonio Massola sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the blacksmith named Pellegro de Mondello, for 200 Genoese lire. Antonio makes no guarantees regarding the health of the enslaved Caterina.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 6, nr. 61bis

  The slaveholder named Gherardo Spinola sells the enslaved Crimean Goth woman named Lucia, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a certain Martín Sevalle, from the region of Biscay, for 170 Genoese lire
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 8, nr. 47

  The slaveholder named Oberto Pinelli sells an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the silk workers Bartolomeo and Marco Verina, for 190 Genoese lire.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 9, nr. 47

  The slaveholders and brothers Antonio and Brasco de Benedictis sell an enslaved Tatar woman named Agnese, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Battista Assereto for 200 Genoese lire.
• Oberto Foglietta, filza 9, nr. 91

  The slaveholder named Goffredo Lercari sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Marta, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a certain Gregorio Lercari for 200 Genoese lire.
• Paolo de Recco, filza 4, series I, nr. 42

  The slaveholder named Caterina Imperiale sells an enslaved Tatar child named Margarita, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo de Parma, for 130 Genoese lire. Part of the payment is made in income from shares in the Casa di San Giorgio.
• Paolo de Recco, filza 5, series I, nr. 90

  The slaveholder and apothecary named Bartolomeo Biancardo sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 40 years of age, to an apothecary named Gaspare Pizzorno, for the income from 40 shares ("paghe") of the Casa di San Giorgio.
• Paolo de Recco, filza 5, series II, nr. 141

  The slaveholder and wool merchant named Antonio de Turrilia sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo Viacava, for 76 lire and 5 soldi of Genoese currency. The contract mentions that Ginevra Carpenino, the wife of Antonio de Turrilia, will be giving birth in about one month, and that the enslaved Margarita must be handed over to Antonio at that point in a healthy state. It appears from this language that Margarita is intended to serve as a wet nurse for the child of Antonio and Ginevra.
• Paolo Foglietta, filza 1, series I, nr. 190

  The slaveholder named Tommaso de Marini sells an enslaved Russian child named Caterina, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Caterina Cattaneo, for 90 Genoese lire.
• Paolo Foglietta, filza 1, series I, nr. 381

  The slaveholder named Leonardo Campofregoso sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a certain Tommaso Doria, for 65 Genoese lire.
• Pellegro Castelletto, filza 1, nr. 314

  The slaveholder and apothecary named Pellegro de Ottonegio sells an enslaved baptized Muslim boy named Giorgio, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Paolo de Davania, for 50 Genoese lire.
• Pellegro Testa, filza 4, nr. 10

  The slaveholder named Orietta de Montaldo sells an enslaved baptized Muslim named Caterina, who is approximatlely 21 years of age, to a certain Battista de Luca, for 190 Genoese lire.
• Pietro Bilignano, filza 1, nr. 12

  The slaveholder and notary named Raffaele Crispiano sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Anastasia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Luchino de Goano, for 125 Genoese lire. The contract states that Anastasia is sold for the purpose of wet-nursing (cum lacte).
• Pietro Bilignano, filza 1, nr. 183

  The slaveholder named Ginevra de Nigro sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Marta, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Dorino Grimaldi, for 125 Genoese lire.