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1880s
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Noun1.1880s - the decade from 1880 to 1889
decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years


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In the 1880's Washington's black aristocrats, which included the Wormley family (hoteliers), the Cook's, Terrell's, Grimke's as well as the Bruce's and Douglass's, sought "recognition of their elite status in the white community"; in doing so they distinguished "themselves from the rest of the black community through their manners and behavior.
 
 
 
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