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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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Caracciolo Cipriani Amelia
until 1834She appears, together with her husband Cipriano Cipriani, among the beneficiaries of the compensation granted by Great Britain to slave owners after the abolition of slavery in the British colonies, in 1834. The Cipriani family owned the Moka plantation in Trinidad, in the British West Indies, and was also linked to the Ortinola property, in the Maracas region. In the Legacies of British Slavery Database her name appears in connection with compensation Trinidad no. 1017, for which £270 12s 0d was awarded.
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Cipriani Cipriano
1770–1834He belonged to a family of Tuscan origin with commercial interests between Livorno and Corsica, in particular at Centuri. Brother of Matteo Cipriani and uncle of Leonetto Cipriani, he owned the Moka plantation in Trinidad, in the British West Indies, and was also linked to the Ortinola property, in the Maracas region. His name appears, together with that of his wife Amelia Caracciolo Cipriani, among the slave owners who received the compensation granted by Great Britain after the abolition of slavery in the British colonies, which came into force in 1834. For the Moka plantation (Trinidad compensation no. 997) he received £6,832 10s 5d; he also received the compensation awards Trinidad no. 1017 (£270 12s 0d) and Trinidad no. 1413 (£1,799 14s 7d).
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Cipriani Sebastiano
until 1834Of the Tuscan Cipriani family, brother of Cipriano, Matteo and Domenico, all with interests in the British colony of Trinidad. His name figures among the beneficiaries of the compensation granted by Great Britain to slave owners after the abolition of slavery in the British colonies, in 1834: it appears in connection with the compensation awards Trinidad no. 434 (Port of Spain) and Trinidad no. 1334 & B (perhaps Valsayn). Award no. 434, registered on 28 March 1836, concerned 19 enslaved people and provided for £900 12s 1d. The colony's registers also show that in 1834 he registered 20 enslaved people in his own name and that of his wife.