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Deaf Life in Colonial America - Coggle Diagram
Deaf Life in Colonial America
Roots of the American Deaf Community
Henniker, New Hampshire
Sandy River Maine
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Large hereditary Deaf community
MVSL
Sign used by hearing and Deaf for sustained, extended period of time
Seeds of the American Deaf Community
Isolated clusters of Deaf people before MV
Deaf marriages
Manual communication/tactile alphabet both unstandardized but used to effectively communicate
Pioneer Jesuit Missionaries attempting to give Deaf Amerindians communion
Known Individuals
Andrew Brown
Jonathan Lothrop
Mary Newbury/Isaac Kilbourne
Rebecca Nurse
Joseph, Jacob, and Jeremiah Moore
John Goodricke
Acceptance
Public support for "deaf-mutes"
marriages
communion
owning land
raising families
Private education
William Mercer and John Brester, Jr.: Painters
Persecution
Salem Witch Trials
Puritan view of Deafness as a punishment from G-d
Public whippings