life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Peretta Lecavello obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Giovanni de Marini for an enslaved Russian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 32 years of age and about six months pregnant, for the coverage of 150 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of five months. Peretta is absent during the ratification of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.
The house of the heirs Angelo di Negro and his brother