Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series I, nr. 37
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Giustiniani purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Pellegro Zucca for an enslaved woman named Melica, who is approximately 29 years of age and pregnant for about eight months, for 160 Genoese lire. The insurance has a term of three months. Bartolomeo is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara.