Pedro St. James

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Pedro St. James (or sometimes improperly referred to as Pedro's Castle) is the name of a building on the southern coastline of the island of Grand Cayman. It was built in 1780 by William Eden. The building was reduced to ruin after decades of neglect but has been completely restored.

The building is known as being the birthplace of democracy on the Cayman Islands, because it was at the building, in 1831, that the decision was made to vote for elected representatives, and four years later, in 1835, the Slavery Abolition Act was read from the stone archway of the building. It is also distinguished as the oldest building on the islands.