from its large places high up and farther back in santa . augustine ' s catholic basilica , with its neo - tudor archways , short - sided pews and simple , graceful detail , the legacy of slavery in manhattan faces down . the stone church , on henry place near state square on the low east corner , was built for a patrician white congregation . but although it was completed in 1828 , a year after slavery was legally abolition in modern york state , behind the railing and on either side of the organ are some smaller apartments , set so that african parishioner could worship there without being watched by white parishioners .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.