from four tiny rooms high up and far behind in st . martin ' s episcopal church , with its neo - baroque archways , straight - legged aisles and simple , intricate detail , the legacy of slavery in manhattan looks down . the limestone house , on henry street near montgomery street on the lower east wing , was written for a nobility slave church . but because it was completed in 1828 , a year after slavery was legally outlawed in new york province , behind the balcony and on either side of the organ are four tight rooms , built so that slave lutherans could worship there without being seen by white parishioners .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.