Paolo de Franchi was a Genoese merchant and slaveholder who was active in the fifteenth century, holding numerous administrative positions in local government.
The slaveholder named Caterina Imperiale sells an enslaved Tatar child named Margarita, who is approximately 16 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo de Parma, for 130 Genoese lire. Part of the payment is made in income from shares in the Casa di San Giorgio.
The slaveholder and apothecary named Bartolomeo Biancardo sells an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 40 years of age, to an apothecary named Gaspare Pizzorno, for the income from 40 shares ("paghe") of the Casa di San Giorgio.
The slaveholders Antonio de Semino and his brother purchase insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriters Anfreone Spinola and Andrea de Franchi for an enslaved Russian woman named Marta, who is approximately 28 years of age, for coverage of 150 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and wool merchant named Antonio de Turrilia sells an enslaved Tatar woman named Margarita, who is approximately 40 years of age, to a certain Bartolomeo Viacava, for 76 lire and 5 soldi of Genoese currency. The contract mentions that Ginevra Carpenino, the wife of Antonio de Turrilia, will be giving birth in about one month, and that the enslaved Margarita must be handed over to Antonio at that point in a healthy state. It appears from this language that Margarita is intended to serve as a wet nurse for the child of Antonio and Ginevra.
The slaveholder named Gabriele Marchione leases out an enslaved Russian woman named Anna, who is approximately 28 years of age, to a merchant named Giovanni Gregorio Stella, for a term of one year and total payment of 11 Genoese lire.
The slaveholder and notary named Pietro Tommaso de Leonardis purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Damiano Giustiniani for an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age, for coverage of 150 Genoese lire.
