Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 254
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Maria de Mari, the widow of Demetrio Vivaldi, obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Andrea Castagna for an enslaved woman named Maddalena, who is approximately 35 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for coverage of 150 Genoese lire. Maria is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.