This item set contains life insurance contracts for enslaved women. The majority of these contracts cover the risk of death from childbirth but a few are also general life insurance contracts.
The slaveholder named Bernardo Buzalino obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 36 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for coverage of 150 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of three months. Bernardo is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Luca di Negro obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 27 years of age and about seven months pregnant, for coverage of 180 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of five months. Luca was absent at the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract also notes that the enslaved Maddalena was held by both Luca and Sebastiano di Negro.
The slaveholder named Bianca Spinola purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Circassian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 20 years of age and eight months pregnant, for coverage of 200 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of three months. Bianca is not present at the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and physician named Giovanni de Monelia purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Russian woman named Marta, who is approximately 32 years of age and seven months pregnant, for coverage of 200 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of three months. Giovanni is not present at the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Pancrazio Gentile (in this contract he is named as Pancrazio Falamonica) purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Hungarian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age and seven months pregnant, for coverage of 250 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of three months. Pancrazio is not present at the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and tailor named Agostino de Cazerio purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriters Giovanni de Marini and Leonardo di Negro for an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age and three months pregnant, for coverage of 200 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of eight months. Agostino is not present at the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Matteo Giustiniani purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 22 years of age and five months pregnant, for coverage of 200 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of six months. Matteo is not present at the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and merchant from Nice named Louis de Bousquet obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Leonardo di Negro for an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 33 years of age and about four months pregnant, for the coverage of 150 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of six months. Louis is absent at the enactment and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and cotton worker named Teramo de Recco purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 20 years of age and four months pregnant, for coverage of 225 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of seven months. Teramo is not present at the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Marco Maruffo purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Battista Spinola for the enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 27 years of age and seven months pregnant, for coverage of 180 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of four months. Marco is not present at the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Giuliano Riccio purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 20 years of age, for coverage of 225 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and shoemaker named Paolo de Andoria obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Leonardo di Negro for the enslaved Bulgarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 25 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for the coverage of 100 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of three months. Paolo is represented in the contract by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino. The contract also notes that the enslaved Maria had been previously held by a silk merchant named Giovanni Battista de Brevei.
The slaveholder named Brigida de Passano, the widow of Baldassare Cibo, obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for the enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 29 years of age and seven months pregnant, for coverage of 150 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of four months. Brigida is not present at the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Paolo de Franchi purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Giovanni Battista Grimaldi for an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 28 years of age, for coverage of 200 Genoese lire. She is indicated as about eight months pregnant and the term of the insurance is three months. Paolo is absent at the enacting of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and silk worker named Onorato de Papia purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriters Ambrogio and Gregorio de Curlis for an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 31 years of age and pregnant for about eight months, for 150 Genoese lire. The term is three months from the date of the contract. Ambrogio and Gregorio are absent at the enactment of the contract and are represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Pancrazio Gentile purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter named Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 28 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 200 Genoese lire. The term is four months from the date of the contract. Pancrazio is absent at the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Girolamo de Illionibus obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Leonardo di Negro for an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 26 years of age, for the coverage of 180 Genoese lire.
The silk weavers and slaveholders Antonio and Niccolò Barbagelata purchase insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter and blacksmith named Antonio de Tacio for an enslaved woman named Maria, who is denoted as Circassian or Abkhazan, and who is approximately 34 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 150 Genoese lire. The term is four months from the date of the contract.
The slaveholder named Andrea Spinola purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 40 years of age and about seven months pregnant, for 150 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is four months. Andrea is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Pietro Tommaso de Leonardis purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter and dyer named Francesco de Bartolomeo for an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 31 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for 100 Genoese ducats. The term of the insurance is three months. Pietro Tommaso is absent during the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Pietro Tiralacorda, who is from Bonifacio, purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Leonardo di Negro for an enslaved Russian woman named Onesta, who is approximately 22 years of age and about six months pregnant, for 200 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is five months. Giovanni Pietro is absent during the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder and merchant named Damiano de Franchi purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Leonardo di Negro for an enslaved woman named Cazina, who is from the Canary Islands and is approximately 40 years of age, for coverage of 175 Genoese lire. She is indicated as about five months pregnant and the term of the insurance is six months. Damiano is absent at the enacting of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The slaveholder named Peretta Lecavello, the spouse of the deceased Teramo Arbicone, obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Margarita, who is approximately 24 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for the coverage of 200 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of three months. Peretta is represented in the contract by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
