The beginning of deaf education
William bolling slave holder financed first deaf institution in 1815
1817, Dr. Mason Cogwells supported the second and permanent deaf institute
There is debate on why one failed, Bollings school in the south and one succeeded, Dr. Coggswell in the North
Speculations included; respective labor, political system, geography, economic, and philosophies
Two teaching methods, Oralism, taught speech and social intergation to the hearing world
Manualism, that created a community for the deaf
Before education in America, Parents of deaf children would send their children to europe
Many of the bollings families ancestors were educated in the Braidwood academy
John bolling the first to be sent of was separate from his family, like many children who were sent abroad
After the suit and John becoming ill once he came back to U.S. the second gen of the Billings insisted on having education in the U.S.
Desperate Bolling invited John Braidwood to come to his estate to communicate better
Coggswell a parent to his deaf daughter, tried contacting Braidwood
Although, cogswell was more interested in getting gov funding, and the school being in an urban area
Bolling, and Braidwood's school would be in a rural area and privately funded by bollings and the others pupil's
Historians believe that braid woods family secret of their methods, such as silver rods and bulb to place the tongue in the right position
oralism was a "laborious task" and was very expensive and tedious
Braidwood left to New York but got into situation in which bolling had to bail him out of
Bollling in a financial bind, and with his mother ill still helped bolling
Braidwood and bolling remain amicable while rolling is in the war
Braidwood eventually "escapes" the drudgery of teaching oralism
It is said the isolation from other adults because of it's rural location lead Braidwood to alcoholism as well as financial issues from bollings end
Bolling in 1817b rescued Braidwood again desperate to educate his son, and teamed up with minister Kirkpatrick
Braidwood's "habits" forced the minister to remove him, braidwood ends up in Manchester as a bartender until his death in 1820