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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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  • Vespucci Amerigo

    1499
    Mediator Transports and maritime activities
    Origin
    Firenze

    He transported 232 enslaved Indigenous people from the Bahamas and sold the 200 survivors in Cádiz.

  • Vigne Francis

    1819–1820
    Slave trader, Ship captain Transports and maritime activities
    Origin
    Genova

    A Genoese ship's captain, his name appears in the records of the Mixed Commission at Freetown, Sierra Leone, in connection with the interception of the ship Marie by the Royal Navy.

  • Visich Giuseppe

    1780
    Ship captain Transports and maritime activities
    Origin
    Fiume
    Place of activity
    Fiume

    Also cited as Joseph Visich or Giuseppe Visick, a sea captain, he commanded the imperial ship San Francisco de Paula. In 1780, while sailing from Bordeaux to Fiume (Rijeka) with a cargo of powdered sugar and refining earth, the ship was captured by the British privateer Trimmer. The inventories record on board, among the goods, two enslaved people as well. Visich was detained and questioned as to who their owner was; the two people were confiscated as a prize of war.

  • Vitale Benito

    1631
    Investor Trade
    Origin
    Genova
    Place of activity
    Seville

    He financed the voyage of the slave ship Santísima Trinidad, owned by Nicola Salvago, together with Pedro María Ayrolo. The ship sailed from Spain to Luanda, and then transported enslaved people to Buenos Aires.

  • Vivaldi (Vivaldo) Augustin

    1518–1526
    Slave owner, Investor
    Origin
    Genova
    Place of activity
    Madrid

    With Tomas and Domingo Forne and Fernan Vazquez he bought the licence that the King of Spain had granted to Gouvenot to bring 4,000 enslaved people to the Americas in eight years. It is not known how many people they sold, but they resold the licences at very high prices, making a profit of 300,000 ducats. The same company, with Genoese and Spanish capital, owned the ingenio of Sanctis Spiritu, just outside Santo Domingo.

  • Vivaldo Adamo

    1518
    Slave trader Trade
    Origin
    Genova
    Place of activity
    Seville

    A Genoese merchant, in the 1510s and 1520s he purchased from Laurent de Gouvenot, together with Tomas de Fornari, the licences to introduce enslaved people into the Spanish Indies and exploited them through a company.

  • Zangroni Giovanni

    1826
    Mediator Trade
    Place of activity
    Bordeaux

    Owner, together with Claudio Picaluga and Francischo (Francesco) Chichiola, of the ship Amable Claudina and its cargo. Having sailed from Bordeaux bound for La Guaira, the ship was intercepted by the Royal Navy and the case was judged by the Mixed Commission of Sierra Leone.