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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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Baroncini Cesare
1594He fitted out two ships for the transport of enslaved people and held licences for the slave trade.
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Dal Borgo Federico
1539Agent of the Strozzi company in Seville, in 1539 he received from the sovereign the licence to transport enslaved people and goods to America.
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Del Rosso Lorenzo
1548–1570In 1548 Lorenzo del Rosso and Francisco “Rucho” obtained a licence to transport thirty-five enslaved Africans to the Indies, paid for in all 105,000 maravedís, equivalent to 280 ducats, and received silver in return. Between 1569 and 1579 Del Rosso transported a further 230 enslaved people to the Americas.
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Di San Giuliano Francesco
1569–1579Between 1569 and 1579 he sent 250 enslaved people to America.
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Lapi Francesco
1536He was a partner in the Florentine Strozzi company and represented it in Seville. In 1536, he received authorisation from the sovereign to send goods, accompanied by enslaved people, to the West Indies.
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Lorenzo Nicolini
1594Clerk of a slave ship fitted out by Cesare Baroncini.
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Manuche Camilo
1594He took part in the expedition of a slave ship fitted out by Cesare Baroncini.
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Ricasoli Luigi
1526In December 1526 Luigi Ricasoli and Giovanni Orsucci form Lucca, after declaring that they had resided in Spain for more than fifteen years, obtained from the sovereign the right to send goods accompanied by enslaved people to the West Indies.
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Owner of the ship San Pedro, used in the slave trade by Cesare Baroncini.
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Spinola Ambrosio
1594He held licences for the trade in enslaved people on the ship San Miguel.