Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series II, nr. 248
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Guisulfis purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Pellegro Zucca for an enslaved woman named Lucia, who is approximately 31 years of age and pregnant for about eight months, for 150 Genoese lire. The insurance has a term of three months. Giovanni is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara.