Tommaso Duracino, filza 13, series I, nr. 412
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Caterina Giustiniani obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Circassian woman named Margarita, who is approximately 28 years of age and about four months pregnant, for the coverage of 200 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of seven months. Caterina is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.