life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Giacomo Cicala purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age and about seven months pregnant, for 150 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is four months. Giacomo is absent during the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.