Branca Bagnara, filza 19, series II, nr. 75b
life insurance contracts for pregnant enslaved women
The slaveholder named Maria, the widow of Cristoforo Balbo, purchases insurance against the risk of death from childbirth the underwriters Antoniotto Ittaliano and Giovanni Grimialdi for an enslaved woman named Maria, who is approximately 32 years of age and pregnant for about three months, for 120 Genoese florins. The contract has extensive water damage so there are missing details about the place of enactment, witnesses and the term of the contract.