Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series II, nr. 262
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Saracina de Savinione purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Pellegro Zucca for an enslaved woman named Margarita, who is approximately 29 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 150 Genoese lire. The insurance has a term of four months. Saracina is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara.