life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Giuliano Ittaliano obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Gaspare Spinola for an enslaved Circassian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 28 years of age and about seven months pregnant, for the coverage of 187 lire and 10 soldi of Genoese currency. The contract has a term of four months. Giuliano is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.