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This is the first of four episodes on American Deaf History. These episodes were part of

a larger project I started years ago and I decided to release them now. These are not

true crime and they are not deep dives, but rather a four-part overview of the history

of sign language and deaf education in the United States. If you are interested in a true

crime case that involves these issues, please listen to the Darlene Vandergiesen episode,

which is what inspired me to dust these off.

A knowledge of history is extremely useful. It lays before our eyes the great picture

of the generations that it preceded us and in relating the events which passed in their

time. It lays before us the precepts of the wise. Lauren Claire.

Today we're going to talk about sign language in the United States focusing on sign language

we know about that occurred before American sign language was established. There is not

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