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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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  • Pietro Bilignano, filza 1, nr. 32
    The slaveholder named Biaggio de Gambarinis, from Alessandria, sells an enslaved African woman named Calì, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Niccolò Veneroso, for 90 Genoese lire.
  • Pietro de Ripalta, filza 2, series II, nr. 167
    The slaveholder named Niccolò de Maffeo sells an enslaved Turkish woman named Venturina, who is approximately 19 years of age, to a certain Juan Rois, a merchant from the Biscay region, for 20 gold ducats.
  • Pietro de Ripalta, filza 4, nr. 241
    The slaveholder named Luis Ropollis, denoted as the commissioner for the king of Aragon, sells an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Cristoforo, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Niccolò de Franco, for 40 Genoese ducats.
  • Pietro Foglietta, filza 1, series II, nr. 234
    The slaveholder named Ansaldo Laurelo sells an enslaved Circassian man named Martino, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a certain Jaime Ferrerio, a merchant from Valencia, for 80 Genoses lire.
  • Pietro Foglietta, filza 1, series II, nr. 67
    The slaveholder and notary named Pietro Mazurro sells an enslaved Abkhazan child named Avogasia, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a certain François Duchelle, a merchant from France, for 118 lire and 15 soldi of Genoese currency.
  • Quirico de Albingana, filza 1, series I, nr. 114
    The slaveholder named Leonardo Campofregoso sells an enslaved Abkhazan child named Maria, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a merchant named Lodisio Pagano, for 100 Genoese lire.
  • Quirico de Albingana, filza 1, series I, nr. 144
    The slaveholder named Lodisio Pagano sells an enslaved Abkhazan child named Maria, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a metal shearer named Niccolò Pacino, for 102 Genoese lire.
  • Quirico Serravalle, filza 2, nr. 77
    The slaveholder named Angelo Grasso sells an enslaved Wallachian child named Caterina, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Pellegro de Riccobono, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Quirico Serravalle, filza 3, nr. 469
    The slaveholder and silk dyer named Guglielmo Maida sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Cristoforo, for 150 Genoese lire.
  • Quirico Serravalle, filza 5, nr. 297
    The slaveholder and shoemaker named Giovanni Palmario sells an enslaved Turkish woman named Sofia, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a cheesemaker named Andrea de Vertio for 70 Genoese lire.
  • Raffaele de Guasco, register 1, 1350–1359, fol. 50r–v
    The slaveholder named Iános Gaura, named as a Greek from the island of Chios, sells an enslaved Circassian man named Xeni, who is 20 years of age, to a certain Martino Luciano, for 36 florins of Chios. The notary mentions that Xeni has been baptized as Christian according to the Roman rites, and is sold with all health issues as "pro tali qualis est."
  • Raffaele Resignani, register 2, 1344–1382, fols. 78v–79r
    The slaveholder and innkeeper named Greco Stiliano, a burgensis and inhabitant of Solkhat, sells an enslaved Cumaran child named Borolat, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a certain Antonio Donato, alias Bussorino, for 510 asperes of currency of Caffa.
  • Simone de Compagnono, filza 1, series I, nr. 7
    The slaveholder named Michele de Sachis sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a lawyer baned Manfredo di Negro, for 70 Genoese lire.
  • Sisto Canevesio, filza 1, nr. 41
    The slaveholder named Leonardo Cibo sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Elena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Giuliano Pinelli, for 250 Genoese lire.
  • Stefano Boccone, filza 1, series I, nr. 206
    The slaveholder and notary named Giorgio de Canicia sells an enslaved Tatar child named Margarita, who is approximately 14 years of age, to another notary named Lombardo de Sancto Stephano, for 82 Genoese lire.
  • Stefano Boccone, filza 1, series I, nr. 222
    The slaveholder named Andrea Maffone sells an enslaved Circassian child named Clareta, who is approximately 10 years of age, to a certain Taddeo de Mauro, for 60 Genoese lire.
  • Stefano Boccone, filza 1, series II, nr. 150
    The slaveholder named Sobrana de Finario sells an enslaved Bulgraian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Battista Rodino for 105 Genoese lire.
  • Stefano Boccone, filza 1, series II, nr. 203
    The slaveholder named Brancaleone Maruffo sells an enslaved Abkhazan child named Agnese, who is approximately 13 years of age, to an apothecary named Daniele Bordino for 110 Genoese lire.
  • Stefano Boccone, filza 1, series II, nr. 219
    The slaveholder named Carlo de Carretto sells an enslaved Bulgraian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 23 years of age, to a draper named Pietro Botto for 112 Genoese lire.
  • Stefano Boccone, filza 1, series II, nr. 257
    The slaveholder named Caracosa Gablero sells an enslaved woman named Agnese, who is approximately 24 years of age, to a shoemaker named Gregorio Lavaggio, for 125 Genoese lire.
  • Stefano Boccone, filza 1, series II, nr. 266
    The slaveholder named Cristoforo Triditano sells an enslaved baptized Muslim named Giovanni, who is approximately 35 years of age and described as black, to a cloth merchant named Guglielmo Assereto, for 50 Genoese lire.
  • Stefano Boccone, filza 1, series II, nr. 272
    The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Sofia sells an enslaved Russian man named Martino, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Lorenzo Fieschi, for 80 Genoese lire.
  • Stefano Brevei, filza 1, nr. 59
    The slaveholder named Martino Stirocchio sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Francisca, who is approximately 9 years of age, to a certain Giovanni Francesco de Zoalio, for a total of 20 scudi and one-half of a gold ducat in Genoese currency.
  • Teramo Castelasso, filza 1, nr. 56
    The slaveholder and notary named Gregorio de Pineto sells an enslaved child named Demetrio, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a certain Francesco Grillo, for 90 Genoese lire.
  • Teramo Maggiolo, register 1, 1342–1394, fol. 194r
    The slaveholder named Antonio Dentuto sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is 28 years of age and pregnant, along with her husband, an enslaved Russian man named Rubio, who is 25 years of age, to a certain Lodisio Tortorino, for 90 Genoese lire. The enslaved Maria is described as pregnant.