from two tiny apartments high up and fast back in santo . augustine ' s parish basilica , with its neo - georgian archways , vertical - backed panelling and elegant , simple detail , the legacy of slavery in manhattan looked down . the stone church , on edward street near broad st on the lower south side , was built for a patrician white congregation . but when it was erected in 1828 , a year after slavery was politically abolished in new guinea state , behind the balcony and on either side of the organ are two cramped classrooms , build so that black churchgoers could worship there avoid being observed by other parishioners .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.