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- Oct 2017
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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By the middle of the 19th century, one in every 25 people in Chilmark was deaf. In the U.S. overall, by contrast, that number was roughly one in 5,700.
There's 4% people were deaf in Chilmark in 19th century.
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They were also the beginning of a language and deaf culture unique to the island—one that used to thrive, but is now extinct.
They the beginning of people use the thrive in this iland
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