Tommaso Duracino, filza 2, series II, nr. 48
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Andrea Gentile purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Imperiale Grillo for an enslaved Tatar woman named Marta, who is approximately 32 years of age and about six months pregnant, for 150 Genoese lire. The insurance has a term of five months. Andrea is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
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