This item set contains life insurance contracts for enslaved women. The majority of these contracts cover the risk of death from childbirth but a few are also general life insurance contracts.
The slaveholder named Caterina, wife of the cabinet-maker named Tommaso de Petrafracca, purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Antonio Ittaliano for an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 21 years of age and pregnant for about five months, for 120 Genoese florins. The term of the insurance is five months. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the witnesses.
The slaveholder and banker named Antonio Calvo purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Giovanni Grimaldi for an enslaved woman named Lucia, who is approximately 30 years of age and pregnant for about eight months, for 120 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the witnesses and the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Leonello Spinola purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Niccolò Grimaldi for an enslaved woman named Lucia, who is approximately 26 years of age and pregnant for about eight months, for 120 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo de Fornari purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Antonio de Carretto for an enslaved woman named Marta, who is approximately 24 years of age and pregnant for about five months, for 120 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Antonio Badinella purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Niccolò Grimaldi for an enslaved woman, who is approximately 22 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 120 Genoese florins. The contract mentions that the enslaved woman, who is unnamed, was sold to Antonio by Lazzaro Pichenotto. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Teodora Centurione purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Luciano di Negro for an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 18 years of age, for 120 Genoese florins. The term of the insurance is four months. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the enslaved woman.
The slaveholder named Giacomo de Ferrari purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Antonio de Carretto for an enslaved woman named Marta, who is approximately 24 years of age, for 120 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the enslaved woman and the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Giacomo de Columnis purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Tobia Usodimare for an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 25 years of age and pregnant for about eight months, for 120 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the term of the contract and the witnesses.
The slaveholder named Vincenzo Bracelli purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Bartolomeo Spinola for an enslaved woman named Giovanina, who is approximately 35 years of age, for 100 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the term of the contract and the enslaved woman.
The slaveholder named Pietro Giovanni Lecavello purchases insurance against the risk of death by transport fom the underwriter named Antonio Ittaliano for an enslaved woman named Maria, for a voyage from Genoa to Trapani, Agrigento, and Sciacca on the vessel of a certain Giovanni de Ligioriis.
The slaveholder named Alaone Ardimento purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Bartolomeo Spinola for a pregnant enslaved woman who is approximately 33 years of age, for 100 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the enslaved woman and the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Sarzana purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from an underwriter named Quirico Spinola for an enslaved woman named Anna, who is approximately 26 years of age and pregnant for about eight months, for 100 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the witnesses and the term of the contract.
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.
The slaveholder and laywer named Niccolò Spinola purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from an underwriter named Giuliano Dondo for an enslaved woman named Margarita, who is approximately 26 years of age and pregnant for about eight months, for 120 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the term of the contract and the witnesses.
The slaveholder named Battista de Fornari purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriters Ciriaco de Oliva and Raffaele de Marini for an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 25 years of age and pregnant for about six months, for 120 Genoese florins. The enslaved Lucia was held by Bartolomeo de Bosco. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Maria, the widow of Cristoforo Balbo, purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriters Antoniotto Ittaliano and Giovanni Grimialdi for an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age and pregnant for about three months, for 120 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the place of enactment, witnesses and the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Andreolo Vivaldi purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Quirico Spinola for an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 26 years of age and pregnant for about six months, for 120 Genoese florins. The enslaved Maddalena had been held by the deceased Giulano Malocello. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the witnesses and the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Girolamo Spinola purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Quirico Spinola for an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 22 years of age and pregnant for about six months, for 120 Genoese florins. The term of the insurance is three months. Girolamo is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara.
The slaveholder and notary named Giovanni de Castiliono purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from an underwriter named Giovanni Grimaldi for an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 22 years of age and pregnant for about six months, for 120 Genoese florins. There are missing details about the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Argenta Scotto purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from an underwriter named Gherardo de Marini for an enslaved woman named Elena, who is approximately 20 years of age and pregnant for about six months, for 160 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of four months.
This is an insurance contract against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriter named Giacomo Negrone for an enslaved woman who is approximately 22 years of age and pregnant for about eight months, for 128 Genoese florins. The contract notes that the enslaved woman was held by Luchino de Guisulfis and that the insurance was purchased by Giano Lercari.
The slaveholder named Emanuele Usodimare purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from an underwriter named Giacomo Negrone for an enslaved woman named Catalina, who is approximately 20 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 128 Genoese florins. There are missing details about the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Baliano Pinelli purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from an underwriter named Giacomo Negrone for an enslaved woman named Marta, who is approximately 28 years of age and pregnant for about six months, for 150 Genoese florins. There are missing details about the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Giuliano Dondo purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from an underwriter named Giacomo Negrone for an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 30 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 120 Genoese florins. There are missing details about the term of the contract.
The slaveholder named Benedetto Spinola purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from an underwriter named Giacomo Negrone for an enslaved woman named Margarita, who is approximately 30 years of age and pregnant for about eight months, for 120 Genoese florins. There are missing details about the term of the contract.
