People database
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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Albasini Antonio
1823–1830Registered as Italian, in August 1829 he arrived in Brazil from Lourenço Marques, present-day Maputo, in Mozambique, with a cargo of enslaved people.
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Balestrieri Nicolau
1823–1830Registered as Italian and a merchant (negociante), on 1 October 1829 he moved to Porto Alegre with his wife, a daughter and an enslaved woman.
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Foresti Luiz
1823–1830Registered as Italian and a music teacher, on 9 April 1829 he departed for Buenos Aires with his wife Maria Foresti, his daughter Virginia, a minor, a maidservant (criada), an enslaved person and an Italian woman, probably also in service.
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Francioni Joaquim
1823–1830Registered as Italian, on 31 October 1829 he departed from Rio de Janeiro for Porto Alegre with his wife, his son and nine enslaved people.
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Morandi Caetano
1808–1822Registered as Italian, on 7 March 1822 he departed from Rio de Janeiro for Rio Grande with two enslaved people.