1880s

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The decade from 1880 to 1889. plural, plural-only

    "Copeland, like most slaves, is woefully underdocumented; we know that she somehow became literate, migrated to New York in the 1880s and found a job in domestic service."

  2. 2
    the decade from 1880 to 1889 wordnet

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"Copeland, like most slaves, is woefully underdocumented; we know that she somehow became literate, migrated to New York in the 1880s and found a job in domestic service."

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