life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Matteo Fieschi obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Baldassare Lomellini for an enslaved Circassian woman named Caterina, whose is approximately 30 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for the coverage of 170 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of three months. Matteo is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.