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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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Cernezzi Pietro
1666A merchant originally from Como and partner in Venice of Aurelio Rezzonico, in 1666 he took part in a loan of 9,180 ducats intended to pay, on the Amsterdam market, for a cargo of enslaved people for the asiento. The transfer of the funds also passed through the house of Giovanni Battista Benzi and Giovanni Gabriele Voet.
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Rezzonico Aurelio
1666A merchant originally from Como and partner in Venice of Pietro Cernezzi, in 1666 he contributed to the loan of 9,180 ducats sent to Amsterdam to pay for a cargo of enslaved people for the asiento. The operation passed through the house of Giovanni Battista Benzi and Giovanni Gabriele Voet and combined Venetian capital with payments to the suppliers of the Dutch market.