has title

Tommaso Duracino, filza 9, nr. 409

has contract title

Locatio sclave et franchixia See all items with this value

has type

lease contracts for enslaved persons

manumission contracts

was enacted by

Tommaso Duracino

has date of enactment

August 1, 1466

has description

The slaveholder named Isolta de Franchi leases out an enslaved Circassian woman named Elena, who is approximately 25 years of age, to a merchant named Marco Giustiniani, for a term of seventeen years and total payment of 170 Genoese lire. The enslaved Elena is to be manumitted at the end of the term of service. The principals waive all claims and guarantees regarding the health of Elena and the contract notes that she was exchanged about one year before this enactment. Isolta retains the right of patronage after the manumission. The contract also lists the following places where Marco agrees to uphold the conditions specified in the contract: Genoa, Savona, Lombardy, Milan, Nice, Pisa, Albenga, Florence, Venice, Rhodes, Chios, Pera, and Caffa. This indicates that Marco was likely an itinerant merchant who intended to bring Elena with him during his travels and that the principals wanted to ensure that the contract would remain in force across the Mediterranean.

is part of archival item

Notai antichi 896

has named lender

Isolta de Franchi

has named receiver

Marco Giustiniani

has named object of lease

Elena

has lease price quantity

170

has lease price currency

lire of Genoa

has length of lease

17 years

has named guarantor

Luxardo de Franchi

Francesco Montaldo

has reference to place

Savona

Duchy of Milan

Nice

Pisa

Albenga

Florence

Venice

Rhodes

Chios

Pera

Caffa

has place of enactment

The house inhabited by Isolta de Franchi

has named witness

Giovanni Antonio de Sachis

Giovanni de Zurlis

has rights holder

Archivio di stato di Genova