from two tiny rooms higher up and far back in st . jerome ' s catholic church , with its quasi - traditional archways , straight - backed pews and simple , elegance detail , the legacy of slavery in manhattan looks down . the stone church , on jefferson street near montgomery street on the south east side , was built for a patrician english congregation . but although it was completed in 1828 , a year after slavery was strictly abolished in old york territory , below the balcony and on either side of the altar are two cramped rooms , developed so that colored churchgoers could eat there by being seen by white parishioners .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.