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Inscribed on the Memory of the World International Register and on the Regional Register for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2015, the Farquharson’s Journal, a handwritten diary by Charles Farquharson, planter, and owner of the Prospect Hill Plantation, which grew cotton, located on the east side of Watlings Island (now known as San Salvador) is a journal recording the day-to-day happening on the plantation from 1 January, 1831 to 31 December, 1832. Charles Farquharson’s manuscript is unique. It is the only plantation journal discovered in The Bahamas.

As most plantation owners were absentee landlords, this journal of plantation life from the lived experience of an owner provides unique insights into the life and times of plantation activity. Founded on an economically exploitive system for the benefit of the owners, plantations and enslavement served as the basis for modern-day Bahamian life. Enslavement brought to the Bahamas the forefathers of the majority of present-day Bahamians. In conjunction with archaeology and other records in the public archives, this diary provides an "invaluable insight into the daily life of Bahamian Out Island slave society on the eve of emancipation."