from two tiny rooms , up and far down in st . augustine ' s episcopal church , with its neo - tudor archways , stiff - backed pews and simple , intricate detail , the legacy of slavery in manhattan looks down . the stone sanctuary , on henry highway near broad street on the lower city side , was built for a haughty white crowd . but although it was completed in 1828 , a year after slavery was legally abolished in new deal state , behind the railing and on either face of the organ are two cramped bedrooms , built so that black churchgoers better worship there not being seen by white parishioners .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.