In the late nineteenth century, the Black population of Boston grew significantly when large groups of Southern African American migrants and West Indians (from Jamaica and Barbados) began moving to the South End. Black Residents formed their own congregation of the Episcopalian Church, which soon became the largest Black church in Boston. Black Bostonians in the South End supported their community not only through religious work at institutions like the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church—the largest Black church in Boston at the time—as well as through their businesses and entrepreneurial activities. The South End was also home to organizations founded by Black women, such as the Professional Black Women’s Business Club and the Women’s Service, a social organization that supported all types of Bostonians, from veterans to young mothers, and provided necessary resources for the Black community to thrive.