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

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• Tommaso Duracino, filza 14, series II, nr. 411 (formerly nr. 318)

  The slaveholder named Francesco Cattaneo sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a wool worker named Stefano de Clavaro, for 150 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 14, series II, nr. 84

  The slaveholder named Borruele Salvago sells an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the silk worker named Giovanni Mangiavacca, for 207 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 15, nr. 180

  The slaveholder named Gianotto sells an Moorish child named Pietro, who is approximately 10 years of age, to a merchant from Valencia named Gabriel Marco, for 52 lire and 5 soldi of Genoese currency. The buyer waives all claims related to the health of the enslaved Pietro.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 15, nr. 269

  The slaveholder named Mariettina Imperiale sells an enslaved Moorish woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant from Valencia named Gabriel Marco, for 110 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 16, nr. 191

  The slaveholder named Antonio Bonfilio sells an enslaved Circassian child named Giorgio, who is approximately 13 years of age, to a certain Giovanni Lercari, for Genoese 110 lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 16, nr. 791

  The slaveholder named Giuliano de Nigro sells an enslaved Moorish man named Alonsiho, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a merchant from Valencia named Gabriel Marco, for Genoese 20 ducats.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 16, nr. 915 (formerly nr. 925)

  The slaveholder named Giorgio de Marini sells an enslaved Moorish woman named Caterina, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a merchant from Valencia named Gabriel Marco, for 125 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 17, nr. 162

  The slaveholder named Giorgio Lomellini sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the wool worker named Stefano de Clavaro, for 50 Genoese ducats.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 17, nr. 169

  The slaveholder named Lodisio Ittaliano sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Caterina, who is approximately 11 years of age, to a barber named Stefano de Serravalle, for 80 Genoese lire. She is described as a captive from Algeria.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 17, nr. 233

  The slaveholder named Giacomo Novara sells an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Giorgio, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a merchant from Bilbao named Juan de Sumelso, for 34 Genoese ducats.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 17, nr. 237

  The slaveholder and silk worker named Battista de Perolerio sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Cita, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a merchant from the city of Tortosa named Mateu Vicamps, for 170 Genoese lire. The payment is made in part with a measure of grain.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 17, nr. 641

  The slaveholder named Antonio Massola sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Martino Giustiniani, for 120 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 17, nr. 673

  The slaveholder named Andreolo de Caito sells an enslaved Moorish woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the physician named Battista Bonivento, for 40 Genoese ducats. The contract notes that the notary specifically asked the physician Battista Benevento, on the request of the absent Andreolo, to confirm the health of enslaved Caterina, and he responded that she was healthy.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 17, nr. 726

  The slaveholder and silk worker named Battista de Perolerio sells an enslaved Moorish woman named Maria, who is approximately 23 years of age, to a certain Oberto Grimaldi, for 100 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 17, nr. 943

  The slaveholder named Leonardo Quachero, from the commune of Santa Margherita Ligure, sells an enslaved Moorish child named Caterina, who is 10 years of age and described as white (albus), to the nun Argent Salvago, from from Chiesa e Monastero di Santa Caterina d’Alessandria, for 100 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 18, nr. 368 (formerly nr. 328)

  The slaveholder named Prospero Cattaneo sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Francesco Paxerio, for 130 Genoese lire. Prospero is represented in the contract by Marco Cattaneo. The contract does not mention the name of the enslaved woman but notes that she has been baptized.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 18, nr. 376 (formerly nr. 374)

  The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Spinola sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Marta, who is approximately 36 years of age, to a certain Lazzaro Lercari, for 159 and 9 soldi of Genoese currency.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 18, nr. 469 (formerly nr. 712)

  The slaveholder named Luca Cattaneo sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant named Battista Giustiniani, for 275 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 18, nr. 83

  The slaveholder named Galeotto de Ferrari sells an enslaved baptized Muslim named Maria, who is approximately 24 years old and described as white, to a certain Antoniotto de Clavaro, for 160 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 18, nr. 84

  The slaveholder named Agostino Spinola sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Anastasia, who is approximately 24 years of age and described as white, to a merchant named Giacomo Bondenario, for 22 Genoese ducats.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 18, nr. 96 (formerly nr. 287)

  The slaveholder from Voltri named Giuliano Gategario sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age, along with her unnamed son, who is approximately 5 years of age, to the merchant from Valencia named Gabriel Marco, for 110 Genoese lire. Giuliano is represented in the contract by the wool worker named Massimo de Canicia who acts as his procurator.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series I, nr. 209

  The slaveholder named Agostino Caffarotto sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 27 years of age, to a certain Lodiso de Riparolio, for 220 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series I, nr. 29

  The slaveholder named Battista Grimaldi sells an enslaved child named Lucia, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a certain Pellegro Salvago for 100 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series I, nr. 294

  The slaveholder named Anechino de Bruges sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Girolamo Vivaldi, for 160 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series I, nr. 389

  The slaveholder named Domenico Rottolo sells an enslaved baptized Mulsim named Ioham, who is approximately 24 years of age and described as being of mixed colour, to the a merchant from Ibiza named Bernardo Torres, for 38 Genoese ducats.