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

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• Tommaso Duracino, filza 25, series I, nr. 300

  The slaveholder named Cipriano de Fornari sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a merchant from Tortosa named Francino Pedrabales, for 65 Genoese ducats.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 25, series II, nr. 100

  The slaveholder named Cristoforo Cattaneo sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Elena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to the brothers Pietro and Giorgio de Podio, for 270 Genoese lire. Cristoforo is absent during the transaction and is represented by Benedetto Lomellini who serves as his procurator. Giorgio is also absent and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 25, series II, nr. 272

  The slaveholder and draper named Francesco de Saulo recognizes a debt of 324 lire and 16 soldi of Genoese currency that Francesco owed to Cristoforo Centurione for a quantity of wool from Valencia which he received from him. To cover a portion of the debt Francesco agrees to sell Ottoman Empire woman named Fatema, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a certain Cristoforo Centurione, for 240 lire. Francesco also agrees to transfer a debt of 52 lire and 10 soldi owed to him by a certain Federico Cicala to Cristoforo and to pay the remaining balance of 32 lire and 6 soldi within one year. The contract contains a redemption clause that if Fatema is returned within 4 months, then Francesco must reassume the 240 lire portion of the debt which would be due 15 months after the restitution.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 25, series II, nr. 85

  The slaveholder named Niccolò de Guizo sells an enslaved Russian woman named Melica, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a merchant named Giovanni Scarella, for 140 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 26, series I, nr. 97

  The slaveholder named Baldassare Negrone sells an enslaved Bosnian child named Maria, who is approximately 17 years of age, to the noblewoman named Peretta Doria, for 275 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 27, series I, nr. 18

  The slaveholder named Angelo Cattaneo sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 23 years of age, to a certain Battista Piccamiglio, for 240 Genoese lire. Angelo is absent during the transaction and is represented by Cattaneo de Cattaneis who serves as his procurator.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 27, series I, nr. 192

  The slaveholder named Francesco de Itro sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 18 years of age, to the notary named Matteo de Porta, for 260 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 27, series I, nr. 249

  The slaveholder named Giuliano Grimaldi sells an enslaved Turkish man named Costantino, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the nobleman named Luca Spinola, for 124 Genoese lire. Giuliani is represented in the transaction by Domenico Spinola who is named as his procurator. The enslaved Costantino is declared as present and understanding the nature of the transaction.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 27, series II, nr. 237

  The slaveholder named Luca Panigarola sells the enslaved baptized Muslim men named Calem and Amet, both of whom are approximately 35 years of age, to the merchant from Ibiza named Pedro Tur, for 20 Genoese ducats each.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 28, series I, nr. 261

  The slaveholder named Giacoba de Oliva sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Melica, who is approximately 18 years of age, to a certain Galeazzo Pasqua, for 285 Genoese lire. The enlsaved Melica is described as healthy but suffering from bad menstrual bleeding. The slaveholder Giacoba is represented in the transaction by Niccolò Garbarino, a notary, and Pellegro de Mandelo.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 28, series I, nr. 49

  The slaveholders named Antonio Maria Mainetto, who is a blacksmith, and Giorgio de Varixio sell an enslaved Bosnian child named Margarita, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Gregorio Castagnola, for 39 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. The sellers do not make any guarantees to the health of the enslaved Margarita who is indicated as "tallem quallem est."
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 28, series I, nr. 95

  The slaveholder named Gregorio de Franchi sells an enslaved Mingrelian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a certain Girolamo Palmario, for 200 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 28, series II, nr. 44

  The slaveholder named Bernardo de Franciscis sells an enslaved Turkish woman named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant from Lucca named Stefano Spada, for 200 Genoese lire. The enslaved Caterina is pregnant at the time of the transaction.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 29, series II, nr. 81

  The slaveholder named Girolamo de Fornari sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 20 years of age, to the notary named Stefano Frevante, for 335 Genoese lire to be paid in the income (paghe) from shares in Casa di San Giorgio.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 129

  The slaveholder named Pietro de Franciscis sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Nestasia, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a physician named Battista Bonivento, for 150 Genoese lire. The seller Pietro guarantees the menstrual health of Nestasia for a year and a day following the sale. The contract was extracted.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 150

  The slaveholder named Alberto di Negro sells an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 22 years of age, to a Venetian merchant named Giovanni de Amatis, for 50 Genoese ducats. The contract was extracted.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 151

  The slaveholder and widow named Caterina Pallavicini sells an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a Venetian merchant named Giovanni de Amatis, for 110 Genoese lire. The enacting notary Tommaso Duracino serves as the procurator for Giovanni, who is absent at the time of sale. The seller Caterina Pallavicini is named as the widow of Antonio Grillo and participates in the sale with the consent of Cristoforo Grillo, her son, and the nobleman named Urbano Vivaldi. The contract was extracted.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 164

  The slaveholder named Luca Arbicone sells, by means of public auction, an enslaved Tatar woman named Caterina, who is approximately 35 years of age, to a breadmaker named Niccolò Tassorello, for 76 Genoese lire. The seller makes no guarantees and the buyer waives all claims regarding the health of the enslaved Caterina.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 204

  The slaveholder named Baldassare Usodimare sells an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgino, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a merchant from the region of Biscay named Diego de Basulto, for 45 Genoese ducats.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 230

  The slaveholder and commercial broker named Giacomo de Bargalio sells the enslaved Russian child named Marta, who is approximately 16 years of age, to the merchant named Benedetto de Leonardis, for 140 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 24

  The slaveholder and widow named Chiara Merello sells an enslaved Tatar child named Lucia, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a wool merchant named Leonardo de Sanguineto, for 130 Genoese lire. The contract was extracted.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 240

  The slaveholder and merchant named Lorenzo Valletaro sells an enslaved Russian child named Maria, who is approximately 17 years of age, to the nobleman named Battista Grimaldi, for 60 Genoese ducats.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 259

  The slaveholder and merchant named Giacomo Maruffo sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Maria, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant from Bermeo, in the region of Biscay, named Pascual de Soldis, who is also declared as the patron of a ship, for 150 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 264

  The slaveholder named Filippo de Bozzolo sells the enslaved Russian woman named Antonina, who is approximately 32 years of age, to the merchant from the region of Biscay named Ferrando de Vignaga, for 150 Genoese lire.
• Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 272

  The slaveholder named Ambrogio de Marini sells an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 32 years of age, to the nobleman named Cattaneo de Marini, for 185 Genoese lire.