Its congregation was founded in 1809 in the notorious Five Points neighborhood by free Africans worshiping at Trinity Church, Wall Street as the Free African Church of St. Philip, and is the oldest black Episcopal parish in New York City.
Its congregation was founded in 1809 in the notorious Five Points neighborhood by free Africans. These free Africans were worshiping at Trinity Church as the Free African Church of St. Philip. Its congregation is the oldest black Episcopal parish in New York City. Trinity Church was Wall Street.