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Chapter 3: Origins of the American Deaf-World - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 3: Origins of the American Deaf-World
Henniker, New Hampshire
The first great American Deaf leader was Thomas Brown (1804– 1886),
Nahum— the first, as far as anyone knew, Deaf-Mute in the family
Nahum was told to move his family to another place due to his fathers debt
first deed of land to the Browns that is recorded was 100 acres to Nahum,
Nahum communicated in pantomime
When Thomas Brown was eighteen he enrolled at the American Asylum.
The town of Henniker annually voted funds to assist Thomas in paying his educational expenses until the state legislature undertook to pay for Deaf-Mute pupils from New Hampshire.
Thomas studied under the founders of American Deaf education, Laurent Clerc, Thomas Gallaudet, and Harvey Peet,
Thomas studied for 5 yrs, taught for 2 and then went to help on his families farm
Chilmark, Massachusetts
Most of the pupils came from martha's Vineyard
Thomas Brown Married Mary Smith in martha's vineyard
most Deaf people on the island married hearing people.
contributor to blending was the widespread use of a sign language among both Deaf and hearing people
“Being Deaf itself is irrelevant, as Deaf people have access to everyone in the village.”
rather than being remembered as a group, every one of the Deaf islanders who is remembered is remembered as a unique individual.
Henniker, New Hampshire Part 2
Thomas named his lots after deaf educators
Thomas's nephew married deaf women as well
Thomas Socialized with other families from other towns
Thomas Brown’s had an idea to bring together the largest gathering of Deaf people to be assembled anywhere, any time in history.
200 deaf people and 200 pupil attended the ceremony for the founders of American Deaf Educators
This helped Thomas brown and other form a society
The society made a constitution and Thomas became president
Gallaudet Guide and Deaf Mutes’ Companion, one of the earliest periodicals in the United States printed exclusively for Deaf readers.
Sandy River Valley, Maine
Families from Martha’s Vineyard decided to migrate to southeastern Maine.
Thomas had to explain his mixed marriage via news article
Henniker, New Hampshire Part 3
After 12 years of service thomas retired
William B. Swett followed in his uncle’s footsteps in promoting Deaf welfare.
Thomas Brown was a trustee of his nephew’s school in its early years.
Assimilative and Differentiating Societies
Brown and his associates saw the Deaf community as a distinct group with a language and way of life that should be fostered.
Martha's Vineyard shows no suggestion that there was class conscious
a difference in the genetic basis of the Deaf societies in the two locations could be responsible for the difference in the emergence of class consciousness.
The Brown family of Henniker exemplifies the dominant pattern of inheritance
The Mayhew, Tilton, Lambert, and Skiffe families of Martha’s Vineyard exemplify the recessive pattern of inheritance.
Martha's Vineyard possibly had more mixed marriages because sign language was also used by hearing people
Desa Kolok suggests that the mixing of hearing and Deaf people in the family determines their mixing in community life