This collection contains the criminal proceedings against an Italian woman and man in Tunis accused of criminal activity. During her testimony, Giovanna Tellini describes her origins in Italy, her social circumstances as a single immigrant woman in Tunis, and her business partnership with another unmarried woman, Annetta Barbera, who was an Algerian-born Spanish citizen.
Original source name : Procedura Penale Contra Giovanna Tellini e Biagio Veglione
English translation : Criminal proceedings against Giovanna Tellini and Biagio Veglione
Creator : Judiciary
Document- type 1 : court records
Reference number : Agenzia e Consolato Generale di S. M. Il Re’d Italia a Tunisi, anno 1868, no. 31, Procedura Penale Contra Giovanna Tellini e Biagio Veglione. In sous-série, Tunisie, premier versement, carton 381, “correspondence entre le consulat français et les consuls étrangers à Tunis
Language(s) : Italian
Geographical coverage : Tunisia
Time range : 19thc.
Year(s) : 1868
Theme 1 : experience of migration
Theme 2 : legal
Publication(s) : Julia Clancy-Smith, “Locating Women as Migrants in Nineteenth-Century Tunis,” in Contesting Women: Finding Women in the Sources, ed. Nupur Chaudhuri, Sherry J. Katz, and Mary Elizabeth Perry (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010), pp. 35–55.
English translation : Criminal proceedings against Giovanna Tellini and Biagio Veglione
Creator : Judiciary
Document- type 1 : court records
Reference number : Agenzia e Consolato Generale di S. M. Il Re’d Italia a Tunisi, anno 1868, no. 31, Procedura Penale Contra Giovanna Tellini e Biagio Veglione. In sous-série, Tunisie, premier versement, carton 381, “correspondence entre le consulat français et les consuls étrangers à Tunis
Language(s) : Italian
Geographical coverage : Tunisia
Time range : 19thc.
Year(s) : 1868
Theme 1 : experience of migration
Theme 2 : legal
Publication(s) : Julia Clancy-Smith, “Locating Women as Migrants in Nineteenth-Century Tunis,” in Contesting Women: Finding Women in the Sources, ed. Nupur Chaudhuri, Sherry J. Katz, and Mary Elizabeth Perry (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010), pp. 35–55.
Archive name : Centre des Archives diplomatiques de Nantes
Archive name (English) : Diplomatic Archives in Nantes
Archive address : 17 Rue du Casterneau, 44000 Nantes, France
City : Nantes
Country : France
Official website and institutional resources : https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/archives-diplomatiques/informations-pratiques/site-de-nantes/
Archive name (English) : Diplomatic Archives in Nantes
Archive address : 17 Rue du Casterneau, 44000 Nantes, France
City : Nantes
Country : France
Official website and institutional resources : https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/archives-diplomatiques/informations-pratiques/site-de-nantes/