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People from the Italian peninsula involved in the Atlantic slave trade and slavery, 15th–19th centuries. Search by name or filter by role, place, network and period.

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  • Campana Bastiano

    1547
    Mediator Trade
    Origin
    Firenze
    Place of activity
    Firenze

    Agent and factor of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici. In 1547 he was sent to Portugal to purchase for the duke goods, animals and enslaved people destined for the court of Florence. His diary contains the accounts of those purchases.

  • Ginori Lorenzo

    1675
    Mediator Trade
    Origin
    Firenze
    Place of activity
    Lisbona

    A Florentine merchant and agent active in Lisbon, in 1675 he was commissioned by Cosimo III de' Medici to procure and send to Florence a young Black or Brazilian man skilled in the processing of sugar cane.