Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series I, nr. 126
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Percivale Cattaneo purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter named Pellegro Zucca for an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 150 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is three months. Percivale is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara.