life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Pietro Tommaso de Leonardis purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter and dyer named Francesco de Bartolomeo for an enslaved Russian woman named Caterina, who is approximately 31 years of age and about eight months pregnant, for 100 Genoese ducats. The term of the insurance is three months. Pietro Tommaso is absent during the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.