The slaveholder named Demetrio Sauli leases out an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age, to a bootmaker named Pietro de Lugano for a term of six years and total payment of 40 Genoese lire (with 20 lire paid immediately and the remainder paid within eighteen months). The enslaved Maria is mandated for manumission at the end of the six year term. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and carpenter named Oberto de Sancta Agnete leases out an enslaved child named Luchina, who is approximately 14 years of age, to a wool merchant named Andrea de Petra, for a term of 8 years and total cost of 31 Genoese lire. The lease of Luchina functions as a partial debt settlement for the earlier sale of another enslaved woman named Margarita by Andrea to Oberto for 130 Genoese lire, and as such, the 31 lire amount for the lease is immediately set off against the unpaid balance related to the sale of Margarita. The enslaved Luchina is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and notary named Battista de Calestano manumits an enslaved Albanian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 30 years of age. The contract states that she must marry within one year or she will lose her freedom.
The slaveholder named Raffaele Adorno, who is serving as the doge of Genoa, manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 35 years of age. Raffaele retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted and suffers from extensive water damage, so the information is incomplete.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Tommaso di Negro manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 30 years of age. Maddalena is present during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara The contract suffers from extensive water damage, so the information related to the manumission is incomplete.
The slaveholder named Maria de Columnis manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 40 years of age, with the condition that the enslaved Lucia continue to work as a household servant for Maria for the remainder of Maria's life. Lucia is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract suffers from extensive water damage, so the information related to the manumission is incomplete.
The slaveholder named Maria de Columnis manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 40 years of age, with the condition that the enslaved Lucia continue to work as a household servant for Maria for the remainder of Maria's life. Lucia is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract suffers from extensive water damage, so the information related to the manumission is incomplete.
The slaveholder named Bianca de Lavello leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 26 years of age, to a certain Angelo Centurione, for a term of 17 years and a total payment of 130 Genoese lire. The enslaved Caterina is manumitted at the end of the term of service with Bianca retaining the right of patronage. Caterina was also absent during the transaction and represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Portinario manumits and enslaved Abkhazan woman named Lucia, who is approximately 30 years of age, with the condition that she works as a household servant for Bartolomeo for the subsequent eight years. Lucia was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Damiano di Negro manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Maria, who is approximately 28 years of age, under the condition that the enslaved Maria serve the households of Damiano and his son Giovanni for five years beginning on the forthcoming Easter. Damiano retains the right of patronage. The enslaved Maria was present during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Giovanni Lercari manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 34 years of age, with the condition that the formerly enslaved Margarita agrees to serve as a wet nurse and household servant for the family of Paolo Battista Lercari until the end of 1429. The contract also notes that Giovanni received 80 Genoese lire from Margarita for the manumission. Giovanni retains the right of patronage. Margarita was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder named Melchiorre Imperiale manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Maria, who is approximately 30 years of age. The manumission of Maria had been mandated in the testament of Ottaviano Imperiale, her former holder and the father of Melchiorre. Maria was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara. Melchiorre retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and paper-maker named Basilio Axinela manumits an enslaved woman from Samgrelo named Elena, who is approximately 24 years of age. Basilio retains the right of patronage. Elena was absent during the manumission and was represented by the enacting notrary Branca Bagnara. The contract was extracted.
The slaveholder and soldier named Bartolomeo Tuccio manumits an enslaved woman named Margarita and her son Vittorio. The contract notes that Margarita had been held by Bartolomeo for approximately 10 years, having being purchased from the slaveholder Giovanni Latinuccio, and that Vittorio was the son of the Bartolomeo. Bartolomeo renounces the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Perrino Gentile leases out an enslaved woman named Caterina to a merchant named Cosmo Tarigo, for a term of 5 years and total cost of 45 Genoese lire. Perrino mandates the manumission of Caterina at the end of the term.
The slaveholder and pelter named Simone de Sancto Quilico manumits an enslaved man named Giacomaccio. The enslaved Giocomaccio promises to continue working in the workshop of Simone (and not for anyone else) for which he will receive a wage.
The slaveholder and silk dyer named Gaspare Botto manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim man named Giacobino, who is approximately 19 years of age. Giacobino agrees to serve Gaspare without salary for the next ten years as a condition of manumission and Gaspare agrees to provide education, clothing, and footwear to Giacobino during this term. Gaspare retains the right of patronage.
The slaveholder named Pellegro Salvago manumits an enslaved Bosnian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 24 years of age, under the condition that she remains in his service for the following six years. This is the same Lucia that Pellegro leased out on the same day in the previous contract. The enslaved Lucia was absent during the transaction and was represented by the enacting notary Davide Staliano.
The formerly enslaved Tatar woman named Lucia, who had been manumitted by a certain Urbano Marchesano earlier the same day, agrees to work as a servant for Urbano for an unspecified period of time. The contract mentions that the enslaved Lucia had been purchased by Urbano from the heirs of the deceased Paolo de Valegia before her manumission. The combination of sale and manumission thus represents a form of redemption by Urbano.
The slaveholder named Giovanni de Tabia manumits an enslaved Vlach woman named Anna, who is approximately 25 years of age, under the condition that she serves in the household of Tommaso Sperone for a term of six years. Tommaso recompenses Giovanni the sum of 40 ducats of Chios for the manumission.
The slaveholder named Battista de Tabia manumits an enslaved Ruthenian woman named Anna, who is approximately 25 years of age, under the condition that she serves in the household of Gherardo Paterio for a term of six years. Gherardo recompenses Giovanni the sum of 60 ducats of Chios for the manumission. Battista is represented by his brother Giovanni de Tabia in the manumission.
