Samuel Lawrenceborn in 1846 in Perth Amboymade a living in the then prosperous oyster industry in this city. Evidently. he met with some measure of success which enabled him to purchase a tract of land where the St. James A.M.E. Zion Church now stands. Of these families. Mrs. Chapman and her brother. Warren R. Lawrence. of Hoboken. N.J.. are the only survivors. Around the turn of the century. there came an influx of immigrants from the West Indies and migrants from the South. The circumstances that led these people to Perth Amboy are many and varied. The West Indian. by nature. is a man of the sea.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that West Indians are 'men of the sea'.