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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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  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series II, nr. 2
    The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Fransone sells an enslaved Bosnian child named Maddalena, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a certain Francesco Giustiniani, for 100 Genoese florins.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 19, series II, nr. 308
    The slaveholder named Domenico Negrone sells an enslaved Moorish woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Tommaso Cattaneo, for 186 Genoese lire. The payment is made in a measure of textiles.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series I, nr. 24
    The slaveholder named Giovanni de Nigro sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 21 years of age, to a certain Girolamo de Castelaccio, for 150 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series I, nr. 378
    The slaveholder named Andrea de Sachis sells an enslaved Abkhazan child named Lucia, who is approximately 10 years old, to a tailor named Agostino de Cazerio, for 63 Genoese lire.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 11
    The slaveholder named Galeazzo de Levanto sells an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgino, who is approximately 22 years of age, to the nobleman named Battista Cattaneo, for 100 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 126
    The slaveholder and pelter named Simone Malavena sells an enslaved Circassian man named Giovanni, who is approximately 19 years of age, to the nobleman named Battista Cattaneo, for 70 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 188
    The slaveholder named Dorino de Vernacia sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 23 years of age, to a certain Adriano Griffiotto for 170 Genoese lire to be paid in money of account and in income (paghe) in shares of the Casa di San Giorgio for the year 1453. The purchase was conducted by a certain Angelo Ercherio, who stated that he was making it on behalf of Adriano.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 215
    The slaveholder named Luca de Clavaro sells an enslaved child named Margarita, who is approximately 9 years of age, to the cotton worker named Giovanni Luxoro, for 70 Genoese lire.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 302
    The slaveholder named Pellegro de Cancio sells an enslaved Russian child named Netasia, who is approximatley 12 years of age, to a teacher of arithmetic named Luca de Nigris, for 135 Genoese lire.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 36
    The slaveholder and commercial agent named Giacomo de Bargalio sells an enslaved Circassian man named Martino, who is approximately 40 years of age, to the merchant from Tortosa named Domingo Albiac, for 76 Genoese lire. Giacomo is represented in the contract by his brother, the blacksmith named Benedetto de Bargalio, who serves as his procurator. The payment was made to Lodisio Centurione who received it in the name of Giacomo. The contract was extracted.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 73
    The slaveholder named Simone de Saulo sells an enslaved Russian child named Maria, who is approximately 15 years of age, to the merchant from Savona named Giacomo Corso, for 180 Genoese lire. The contract states that the enslaved Maria had already been consigned to Giacomo in Savona. Giacomo is also absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 93
    The slaveholder named Adriano Scorza sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Agnese, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the nobleman named Battista Cattaneo, for 130 Genoese lire.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 138
    The slaveholder named Antonio de Bargalio sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Caterina, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo Bione, for 150 Genoese lire.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 170
    The slaveholder named Battista Spinola sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a certain Battisa Grimaldi, for 225 Genoese lire.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 18
    The slaveholder named Giorgio Grimaldi sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 37 years of age, to a certain Pietro Bordino, for 132 Genoese lire. The seller makes no guarantees with regards to the health of the enslaved Caterina, that is, she is sold "talem qualem est."
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 270
    The slaveholder named Giovanni Battista Spinola sells an enslaved child named Caterina, who is described as either Turkish or Bosnian, and who is approximately 12 years of age, to a silk merchant named Giacomo Paxerio, for 220 Genoese lire. A payment of 170 lire is made in a measure of silk and brocades of various colours, while the remaining 50 lire was paid in account currency. The contract allows Giacomo to return the enslaved Caterina to Giovanni Battista within three years and receive his payment back, provided that Caterina remains healthy and strong. The contract was extracted.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 284
    The slaveholder named Alfonso Sanchez sells an enslaved Moorish boy named Giovanni, who is approximately 6 years of age, to a certain Asperto de Zoalio, for 13 Genoese ducats.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 381
    The slaveholder named Tommaso Cattaneo sells an enslaved Moorish woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age and described as black, to the wool worker named Gaspare de Sancto Petro, for 70 Genoese ducats.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 439
    The slaveholder named Francesco de Vaserio sells an enslaved baptized Muslim named Ioham, who is approximately 24 years of age and described as olive-coloured, to the merchant from Ibiza named Bernardo Torres, for 37 Genoese ducats.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 449
    The slaveholder named Agostino de Varixio sells an enslaved baptized Muslim named Giacobino, who is approximately 18 years of age and described as black, to the merchant from Valencia named Juan Marco, for 180 Genoese lire.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 450
    The slaveholder named Giovanni de Odino sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Anna, who is approximately 23 years of age, to the merchant from Ibiza named Bernardo Torres, for 35 Genoese ducats.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 458
    The slaveholder named Speciosa Grasso sells an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Margarita, who is approximately 28 years of age and described as olive-colored, to a certain Girolamo Vento, for 140 Genoese lire.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 475
    The slaveholder named Caterina Spinola sells an enslaved Circassian child named Lucia, who is approximately 17 years of age, to the silk merchant named Francesco de Sancto Miniato, for 250 Genoese lire. Caterina is represented in the transaction by her son-in-law Biaggio de Loreto. The payment is made in 200 lire of account money and two crates of black silk valued at 50 lire.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 20, nr. 72
    The slaveholder from Milan named Giovanni Antonio Marchione sells an enslaved Turkish man named Lazzaro, who is approximately 30 years of age, to the merchant from Naples named Tommaso de Oliverio, for 22 Genoese ducats.
  • Tommaso Duracino, filza 21, nr. 138
    The slaveholder named Domenico Negrone sells an enslaved Bosnian child named Giorgio, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Giovanni de Marini, for 36 Genoese ducats. The contract was extracted.