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On Saturday, July 3, 28 "readers" at Exeter Town Hall performed 54 paragraphs of the famous speech "What to the American Slave is Your Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass, first read in Rochester, New York in 1852. The message of Douglass's lengthy speech questions the celebration of Independence Day, when slaves in the United States were not free.  "Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us," Douglass told the crowd at the Corinthian Hall in Rochester on July 5, 1852. "The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich i...

Around Town: Here’s what’s happening in Exeter Portsmouth Herald Exeter Adult Education offering free summer courses EXETER — Exeter Adult Education will offer free summer classes in academic skills/HISET preparation and English (ESOL) beginning Monday, June 21.  Free academic skills classes will meet Monday and Wednesday mornings, 9-10:30 a.m. from June 21 to July 28. Free ES0L (English to Speakers of Other Languages) classes will meet Monday and Wednesday mornings, 9-10:30 a.m. from June 21 to July 28. HiSET practice tests are by appointment. Call 603-775-8457 to schedule. HiSET test...