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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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  • Amatori Benozzo

    1503–1517
    Mediator, Slave trader Trade
    Origin
    Firenze
    Place of activity
    Madeira

    He acted as a procurator for various Florentine merchants in Lisbon, including Marchionni, Morelli and Sernigi, as well as for Portuguese merchants. He also maintained ties with other Florentines based on the Iberian Peninsula: in 1506, for instance, he sent an enslaved boy of thirteen from Madeira to Andrea Canigiani, who was living in Valencia.

  • Salvago Luca

    1490–1500
    Slave owner Trade
    Origin
    Genova
    Place of activity
    Madeira

    Owner of a sugar plantation in Madeira.