although some enslaved Africans continued to be illegally smuggled into the country and the institution of slavery persisted until the American Civil War.

Modern migration (1960s-present)

In modern times, most Americans of unambiguous Nigerian ancestry are voluntary immigrants and their descendants. Various leaders of the Nigerian independence movement such as Eyo Ita, Mbonu Ojike, and Nnamdi Azikiwe

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