Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ccla20 Colonial Latin American Review ISSN: 1060-9164 (Print) 1466-1802 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ccla20 Deathbed and other whispered promises: masters, slaves, and contested manumission in colonial Nicaragua Russell Lohse To cite this article: Russell Lohse (2018) Deathbed and other whispered promises: masters, slaves, and contested manumission in colonial Nicaragua, Colonial Latin American Review, 27:4, 452-468 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/10609164.2018.1560137 Published online: 21 Mar 2019. Submit your article to this journal View Crossmark data