Branca Bagnara, filza 19, series II, nr. 29b
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Niccolò Antonio Lomellini purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth an underwriter named Quirico Spinola for an enslaved woman named Caterina, who is approximately 20 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 112 Genoese florins. The underwriter Quirico is represented in the transaction by his son Bartolomeo who acts in his name. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the witnesses and the term of the insurance.