life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Giovanni Pietro Tiralacorda, who is from Bonifacio, purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth from the underwriter Leonardo di Negro for an enslaved Russian woman named Onesta, who is approximately 22 years of age and about six months pregnant, for 200 Genoese lire. The term of the insurance is five months. Giovanni Pietro is absent during the enactment of the contract and is represented by the enacting notary Tommaso Duracino.