This contract states that the sale enacted immediately before of an enslaved woman named Caterina by the slaveholder Federico Cicala to a man from Biscay named Pedro de Deva, for 150 Genoese lire, is a ficitonal sale and that the enslaved Caterina has been consigned by Federico to Pedro to sell outside of Genoa. Pedro promises to pay Federico the price obtained by the future sale of the enslaved Caterina, minus any expenses.