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Chapter 3:
Origins of thee American Deaf-World
Assimilating and…
Chapter 3:
Origins of thee American Deaf-World
Assimilating and Differentiating Societies and Their Relation to Genetic Patterning
Chelsee Patterson
April 14th, 2021
Chilmark,
Massachusetts
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Mayhew, Tilton, Skiffe families
Groce identified 72 Deaf:
63 trace ancestry to James Skiffe,
32 Samuel Tilton,
9 to Jonathan Lamert
Deaf islands heritage originated in the Weald and arrived on the island with thee colonizing families.
Drawn to Vineyard: availability oof farmland, growing seasons, sees, abounded lobster / fish
Indians friendly, taught islanders catch whales
Population: 1700- 400 people; stopped 1800-3,000 people
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Henniker,
New Hampshire:
1st
First great American Deaf leader, Thomas Brown 1804-1886
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Nahum Brown
Died @ 87
(aka plucky; Thomas Brown Sr.'s son) skillful axeman, hunter, model farmers, first rate teamster of oxen and horses
Never learned to read or write, communicated in pantomime or 'natural sign'
2 Deaf children, Persis & Thomas; 9 grandchildren 5 deaf
Gradually become blind and helpless
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Persis was bound by a marriage contract to hearing carpenter, Bela Mitchell Swett, was not free to go
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Henniker,
New Hampshire:
2nd
Thomas Brown's later events would reveal he likely had a political agenda that went beyond gratitude and sought to counteract the inherent diaspora of Deaf people by gatherings that could also serve as a basis for improving their lot.
$600 raised.
200 pupils gather @ American Asylum for Gallaudet
engraved silver pitcher; rich in symbolism and deaf history
January 4, 1854, Deaf representatives from New England states gathered at Brown House in Heenniker for a week to Fram a constitution for the New England Gallaudet Association
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Second biennial meeting NEGA in Concord, New Hampshire 1856
Job Turner, dubbed Thomas Brown "the mute Cincinnatus of Americans"
1860 William Chamberlain Gallaudet Guide and Deaf Mutes' Companion; earliest periodicals printed exclusively for Deaf readers.
Sandy River Valley, Maine
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Other Vineyarders followed, creating
New Vineyard, New Sharon,
New Gloucester & 27 others
Sebec of Lovejoys;
Jacks and Jellisons in Monroe;
Browns, Jellisons, Staples in Belfast
Beerrys in Chesterville
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Henniker,
New Hampshire:
3rd
1874: Brown took presidency of Clerc Monument Association, founded Granite State Deaf-Mute Mission (president)
William B. Swett:
Promoted Deaf welfare.
Published Deaf-Mute Friend
Director of Deaf-Mute Library Association
Founded (today aka) Beverly School for the Deaf
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