life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Caracosa, the widow of the deceased Cosmo Malocello, obtains insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Gaspare Spinola for an enslaved Russian woman named Marta, whose is approximately 33 years of age and about nine months pregnant, for the coverage of 150 Genoese lire. The contract has a term of three months. Caracosa is absent during the transaction and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.