life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Marco Maruffo purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Battista Spinola for the enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 27 years of age and seven months pregnant, for coverage of 180 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of four months. Marco is not present at the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.