Branca Bagnara, filza 6, series II, nr. 130
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Cattaneo Grillo purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Pellegro Zucca for an enslaved woman named Margarita, who is approximately 17 years of age and pregnant for about four months, for 150 Genoese lire. The insurance has a term of seven months. Cattaneo is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Branca Bagnara.