life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Stefano Rodino obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Gaspare Spinola for an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 24 years of age and about seven months pregnant, for the coverage of 125 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of two months. Stefano is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.