has title

Tommaso Boveto, filza 2, series II, nr. 31

has type

lease contracts for enslaved persons

was enacted by

Tommaso Boveto

has date of enactment

February 21, 1420

has description

The slaveholder named Bartolomeo de Podio leases out an enslaved woman named Maddalena to a merchant from Pisa named Lorenzo Griffo, for a term of 2 years. The lease occurs through a commercial broker named Guglielmo Assereto who serves as the commercial agent for Bartolomeo, who is absent because he is being held in debtor's prison. Guglielmo kept the enslaved Maddalena in his house for 15 days, and possibly longer, during which time he made her available to potential holders. The contract mentions that she is to serve Lorenzo as a household servant and a concubine, and strongly suggests that she was forced to submit herself sexually to prospective holders during the fifteen day period. The contract also mentioned that the enslaved Maddalena was commissioned by Bartolomeo to Guglielmo in 1418.

is part of archival item

Notai antichi 613

has named lender

Bartolomeo de Podio

has named receiver

Lorenzo Griffo

has named object of lease

Maddalena

has length of lease

2 years

has named procurator

Guglielmo Assereto

has reference to place

The Carceris Malpage (Debtor's Prison) in Molo

has place of enactment

Palazzo de Podestà

has named witness

Gherardo Murchio

Giovanni de Lavello

Cristoforo de Cuneo

has rights holder

Archivio di stato di Genova

has unique identifier

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