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• Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 225
  
  The slaveholder named Moisia Centurione manumits an enslaved Tatar man named Giorgio, who is approximately 60 years of age. As a condition of manumssion Giorgio agrees to work as a household servant for Moisia for the remainder of her life and then, after the death of Moisia, work as a household servant for her son Cattaneo Doria for one year. Moisia retains the right of patronage.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 275
  
  The slaveholder and merchant named Giuliano Gategario manumits an enslaved Circassian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 28 years of age. Giorgio agrees to serve as a servant for Giuliano for four years as a condition of the manumission. The term of service is to begin once Giuliano has returned from a commercial voyage which is about to leave from the port of Genoa. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 338
  
  The slaveholder named Gherardo Lomellini manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Lucia, who is approximately 42 years of age. Lucia agrees to work as a household servant for Gherardo for the remainder of his life and then, after his death, work as a household servant for his heirs for one additional year. Gherardo retains the right of patronage.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 498
  
  The slaveholder and banker named Luciano Grimaldi manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, who is approximatetly 40 years of age. As a condition of the manumission Caterina agrees to work as a household servant for Luciano and his heirs for a term of two years. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 1, series II, nr. 93
  
  The slaveholder named Bartolomeo Lomellini manumits an enslaved Tartar man named Tartarino, who is approximately 25 years of age. Bartolomeo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 280
  
  The slaveholder named Giacomo Guastavino manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age. She agrees to serve in the household of Benedetto Guastavino, the brother of Giacomo, for a term of nine years as a condition of manumission. The contract notes that Maria is currently under lease to the silk merchant Gregorio de Zurlis with three years remaining on the term. Gregorio agrees to cede his rights for the remaining three years of the lease and return Maria for the manumission. Giacomo retains the right of patronage.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 287
  
  The slaveholder and Lord of Piombino named Giacomo de Appiano manumits an enslaved Russian woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 50 years of age. Giacomo is represented in the transaction by his mother-in-law Cattochia Spinola. Maddalena agrees to serve the family of Giovanni Fieschi for a term of three years as a condition of the manumission. Giacomo retains the right of patronage with Cattochia acting as his representative in maintaing the patronage relationship. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 347
  
  The slaveholder named Selvagia Fieschi manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Cita, who is approximately 40 years of age. Selvagia retains the right of patronage.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 438
  
  The slaveholder named Selvagia Doria manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 35 years of age. Selvagia is represented in the transaction by Antonio de Argiroffo, who acts as her procurator. Maria agrees to serve in the household of Rainaldo Gentile for a term of 12 years as a condition of the manumission. This twelve year period of service had already began with the lease of the enslaved Maria to Rainaldo in a contract enacted on 6 May 1468. Selvagia retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series I, nr. 467
  
  The slaveholder named Andronico de Franchi manumits an Circassian man named Valentino, who is approximately 25 year of age. As a condition of manumission Valentino agrees to serve in the household of a certain Girolamo Viacava for a term of 4 years. Andronico retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series II, nr. 296
  
  The slaveholder named Pietro Fieschi manumits an enslaved Circassian woman named Maria, who is approximately 31 years of age.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 2, series II, nr. 8
  
  The slaveholder named Ingo Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Russian man named Giorgio, who is approximately 35 years of age. Ingo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 202
  
  The slaveholders and brothers named Francesco, Girolamo, and Agostino de Columnis manumit an enslaved baptized Muslim woman named Marta, who is approximately 35 years of age. The brothers are represented in the transaction by their mother Bartolomea Ittaliano who serves as their procurator. Marta agrees to work as a household servant for the family for a term of six years as a condition of manumission. The brothers retain the right of patronage.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 203
  
  The slaveholder named Maria Usodimare manumits an enslaved Abkazan woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age. As a condition of manumission Maddalena agrees to work as a household servant for Maria for a term of 10 years. Maria retains the right of patronage.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series I, nr. 375
  
  The slaveholder named Maurizio Cattaneo manumits an enslaved Abkhazan woman named Marta, who is approximately 38 years of age. Maurizio retains the right of patronage. The enslaved Marta had been mandated for manumission in the testament of the deceased Pietra Giustiniani who had been the spouse of Maurizio. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 123
  
  The slaveholder named Selvagia Maruffo manumits an enslaved Albanian woman named Elena, who is approximately 34 years of age. Selvagia retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 251
  
  The slaveholder named Alerame Pallavicino manumits an enslaved Hungarian woman named Agnese, who is approximately 30 years of age. Alerame retains the right of patronage. As a condition of manumission Agnese agrees to work as a household servant for Alerame and his wife for a term of six years. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 266
  
  The slaveholder named Marta Pinelli frees an enslaved Albanian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 45 years of age. The manumission is made with the consent of Barnaba Pinelli and her son Giovanni Battista Lomellini.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 285
  
  The slaveholder named Primafiore Giustiniani liberates an enslaved baptised Muslim woman named Maria, who is approximately 33 years of age. As a condtion of manumission, Maria agrees to serve in the household of Primarfiore for three more years and Primafiore retains the right of patronage. The participation of Primafiore in the transaction was made with the consent of her son Andrea Gambone. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 324
  
  The slaveholder named Chiara Doria frees an enslaved Turkish woman named Lucia, who is approximately 40 years of age. Chiara retains the right of patronage.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 339
  
  The slaveholder named Bernardo Grimaldi manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim named Maddalena, who is approximately 23 years of age. As a condition of manumission Maddalena continues to work as a household servant for the heirs of the deceased Battista Gentile, for a term of 12 years, which had begun on 1 Februrary 1498 in a leasing contract initated by Bernardo and his spouse Violante Cicala. Maddalena was absent during the transaction and represented by the enacting notary Giovanni de Novis. Bernardo retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni Danove, filza 3, series II, nr. 84
  
  The slaveholder named Loisina Cattaneo manumits an enslaved baptized Muslim named Margarita, who is approximately 38 years of age. Loisina retains the right of patronage. The contract was extracted.
• Giovanni de Recco, filza 1, series I, nr. 69
  
  The slaveholder named Antonio de Cavo manumits an enslaved Bulgarian woman named Anna. The enslaved Anna agrees to work as a household servant for Antonio for the next seven years as a condition of manumission. Antonio retains the right of patronage.
• Giovanni Guiraldi, filza 1, series I, nr. 202
  
  The slaveholder named Giorgio Spinola, who was once an enslaved person himself, ratifies the manumission of an enslaved Circassian slave woman named Lucia and cancels her obligation of third party service. The contract notes that Lucia has been manumitted in an earlier contract enacted on 6 May 1478 with the condition that she serve the family of Simone Negrone for six years and with her salary paid to Giorgio. But since the formerly enslaved Lucia wanted to marry a certain Teramo de Ferrari, the status of enslavement, which would continue until the term of service was complete, represented an obstacle to the marriage. As such, the manumission was granted immediately and Giorgio was compensated by Simone for 32 Genoese lire for the loss of income for the six years of service. It is assumed that Lucia would continue to serve in the household of Simone as a free person and as such that Giorgio would not be entitled to her salary. The next contract in the filza describes her marriage.
• Giovanni Labaino, filza 1, nr. 132 (formerly nr. 31)
  
  The slaveholder named Luca Grillo frees an enslaved Alanian man named Antonio who is approximately 24 years of age. The enslaved Antonio paid the sum of 600 asperes of Caffa as a condition of manumission. The manumission is declared valid by the lawyer named Giacomo de Gambarana, who is the consul of the Genoese in Caffa.