Tommaso Duracino, filza 3, series I, nr. 7
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Giacomo Spinola purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Cattaneo Grimaldi for an enslaved woman named Lucia, who is approximately 26 years of age and pregnant for about seven months, for 170 Genoese lire. The term is four months from the date of the contract. Giacomo is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.