from two tiny rooms , up and far apart in st . augustine ' s episcopal church , with its neo - georgian archways , straight - backed pews and simple , graceful detail , the legacy of slavery in london looks down . the stone parish , on leonard street near montgomery st on the lower east half , was build for a genteel white meeting . but although it was completed in 1828 , a years after slavery was legally abolished in newly york province , behind the balcony and on either back of the auditorium are two cramped rooms , carved so that black churchgoers could worship there without being seen by colored parishioners .
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church is in Manhattan.