Memory of the World - Latin America and the Caribbean
Farquharson’s Journal
Farquharsons 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 daytoday happening on the plantation from 1 January 1831 to 31 December 1832 Charles Farquharsons manuscript is unique It is the only plantation journal discovered in The BahamasAs most plantation owners were absentee landlords this journal of plantation life from the lived experience of an owner provides unique insights into the 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 modernday 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
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