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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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  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 3, nr. 263
    The slaveholder named Stefano Spinola sells an enslaved woman from the Ottoman Empire named Margarita, who is approximately 27 years of age, to a silk merchant named Domenico de Ceva, for 300 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 3, nr. 416
    The slaveholder named Angelo Grasso sells an enslaved woman from the Ottoman Empire named Caterina, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Francesco Spinola, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 3, nr. 91
    The slaveholder named Cristoforo Cattaneo sells an enslaved Bosnian child named Elena, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Damiano de Asario, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 4, nr. 194
    The slaveholder named Brigida Calvo sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a banker named Anfreone Usodimare for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 4, nr. 27
    The slaveholder named Oberto Grimaldi sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Luca Fieschi, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 4, nr. 691
    The slaveholder named Girolamo de Fornari sells an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Ioham, who is approximately 22 years of age and described as black, to a banker named Anfreone Usodimare, for 40 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 6, nr. 173
    The slaveholder named Francesco Spinola sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Lucia, who is approximately 8 years of age and described as white, to a certain Agostino Cattaneo, for 70 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 6, nr. 322
    The slaveholder named Niccolò Piccamiglio sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Aspertino, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Giovanni Lomellini, for in income from shares of San Giorgio valued at 65 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 6, nr. 478
    The slaveholder named Pometta Palmario and her son Giovanni Battista Celesia sell an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a silk merchant named Giovanni de Bassignana, for 200 Genoese lire. Giovanni Battista is absent during the transaction and is represented by his mother Pometta.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 6, nr. 502
    The slaveholder named Oliviero Giustiniani sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 30 years of age, to his sister, the widowed Bianca Giustiniani, for 250 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 6, nr. 572
    The slaveholder and commercial agent named Francesco Navone sells an enslaved Bosnian woman named Elena, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a silk merchant named Pellegro de Salvo, for 270 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 7, nr. 306
    The slaveholder named Pietro Truco sells an enslaved baptized Muslim child named Antonia, who is approximately 13 years of age and described as black, to a shoemaker named Battista Ducano, for 87 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 8, nr. 256
    The slaveholder named Anfreone Usodimare sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina to a certain Cristoforo Spinola, for 200 Genoese lire.
  • Antonio Pastorino, filza 8, nr. 314
    The slaveholder named Ingho de Artago, patron of a ship from Bilbao, sells an enslaved Jewish child named Santiagun, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a certain Tommaso Gropallo, for 12 ducats.
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 1, 1373–1382, fol. 207v
    The slaveholder named Guglielmo Embriaco sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Giovannina, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a notary named Pietro de Bargalio, for 75 Genoese lire. Pietro is represented by the enacting notary Dexerino de Rapallo. The contract also notes that the buyer waives all claims regearding to the health of the enslaved Giovannina, who is sold with all her "vices and flaws".
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 1, 1373–1382, fol. 69v
    The slaveholder named Paolo Becchignone (who will assume the name Paulo Centurione in 1379) sells an enslaved Tatar woman, who is approximately 27 years of age, along with her son, who is approximately 15 years of age, to a certain Quirico de Goano, for 50 Genoese lire.
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 10, volume I, 1407–1412, fol. 11r
    The slaveholder named Pietro de Iulla (later named Pietro de Franchi) sells an enslaved Tatar child named Caterina, who is approximately 12 years of age, to a wool merchant named Giovanni de Recco, for 68 Genoese lire.
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 10, volume I, 1407–1412, fol. 23r
    The slaveholder named Giovanni de Franchi sells an enslaved Circassian man named Giacomo, who is approximately 20 years of age, to a certain Battista Maruffo, for 82 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency.
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 10, volume I, 1407–1412, fol. 38r
    The slaveholder named Tommaso Imperiale sells an enslaved Tatar man named Asperto, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a certain Simone Cicala, for 75 Genoese lire.
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 10, volume I, 1407–1412, fol. 58r
    The slaveholder named Pietro Pinelli sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita to a certain Illario de Mari, for 60 Genoese lire.
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 10, volume I, 1407–1412, fol. 6r
    The slaveholder named Pietro de Iula (later known as Pietro de Franchi) sells an enslaved Tatar child named Marino, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Giovanni Ventrello, for 75 Genoese lire.
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 10, volume II, 1408, fol. 116r
    The slaveholder and blacksmith name Biaggio de Monleone sells an enslaved Circassian child named Caterina, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a silk worker named Pietro Guarano, for 80 Genoese lire.
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 10, volume II, 1408, fol. 174r
    An enslaved Russian woman named Melica, who is approximately 18 years of age, is purchased by a certain Antonio Cazolino, for 95 Genoese lire.
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 10, volume II, 1408, fol. 18r
    The slaveholder named Ughetto de Parisio sells an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 30 years of age, to a notary named Giovanni de Clavaro, for 90 Genoese lire.
  • Bartolomeo Gatto, register 10, volume II, 1408, fol. 25r
    The slaveholder named Giovanni de Franchi sells an enslaved Tatar child named Maddalena, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a notary named Bartolomeo de Pinu, for 75 Genoese lire.