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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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  • Lomellini Urbano

    1472–1518
    Slave owner
    Origin
    Genova
    Place of activity
    Madeira

    He was the grandson of Bartolomeo Lomellini, who settled in Lisbon in 1424, and the son of Cosmo, who was born in the Portuguese capital and became a prominent merchant. Instead, Urbano settled in Madeira with his brother Giovanni Battista and became a sugarcane producer there. He owned two plantations in the Porto da Cruz area, where he employed enslaved people, including Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula and Guanches from the Canary Islands. Meanwhile, his brother Giovanni Battista traded Madeiran sugar in Lisbon, Genoa, Milan, Naples and other Italian cities, as well as Bruges.

  • Salvago Luca

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

    Owner of a sugar plantation in Madeira.