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Seventeen and Eighteen century
Isolated attempts at tutoring
Probably the first documented attempt of tutoring a deaf children in the American colonies before the revolutionary war was found in Johns diary
Harrower was the in house tutor at Dangerfield children
Not many kids during these ages were tutored as to where there were many to teach these kids since not as many adults knew how to teach them
A parent was in support of their deaf children the late eighteen century was James Ramsey
The way they got treated
By the mid seventeens, the view about people who likely had mental burden was expelled from some towns even with public whippings whereas in other areas there wad public support
Where as in Pennsylvania during the late seventeens they provided for the assistance of a mentally disabled individual
Massachusetts adopted a code of laws to protect people that were deaf
Attitude during the seventeen would vary through the colonies on deafness and blindness
Education
Deaf children received private education in the colonies or on the early republic
These privileged students included john, Thomas which were the children of Major Thomas Bolling
An option for the wealthy American was the Braidwood Academy in Scotland in 1771 where Thomas Bolling enrolled his children
Among deaf colonies those influential parents were the first to receive formal and private instructions
Revolutionary war
where deaf people were being kidnapped by the indians
Deaf civilians during the American revolutionary war were victims
It was in the late eighteen century when the revolutionary war started and there were several reports of incidents that involved deaf people
Deafness from artillery and disease were common during the revolutionary war as wherein 1776 it was mentioned observing deafness soldiers