Farenya Explained

Farenya
Other Name:Faringhia, Faringuia, Farringhia, Farénya, Foringuia
Settlement Type:populated settlement
Pushpin Map:Guinea
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guinea
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guinea
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Boké Region
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Boffa Prefecture
Established Title:Farenya
Established Date:1809
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:10.2667°N -71°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:54

Farenya is a settlement in Boffa Prefecture, Boké Region, Guinea. It is situated 69 miles (or 111 km) north of Conakry. It is located on the Pongo River.

History

Farenya was founded by Stiles Edward Lightbourn, a slave trader from South Carolina and his Luso-African wife Niara Bely.[2] They had originally lived in nearby Bangalan and established Farenya in 1809.[3]

British raid in 1841

The location was used to warehouse a variety of goods. In 1841 some boats of war from the corvette HMS Iris part of the British West Africa Squadron, raided Farenya burning the warehouses and the goods located inside them.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Farénya / Prefecture de Boffa. getamap.net. getamap.net. 14 October 2016.
  2. Montgomery. Warner M.. The African Slave Trade Trail: Part One The Lightburn Mystery. The Columbia Star. 22 July 2004. 14. 14 October 2016.
  3. Kelly. Kenneth. Preliminary Archaeological Reconnaissance of Sites Related to the Slave Trade Era along the Upper Rio Pongo, Guinea. Nyame Akuma. 65 . June 2006. 24–32. 15 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018224553/http://safa.rice.edu/Nyame_Akuma_TOCs/Nyame_Akuma_Issue_65/. 2016-10-18. dead.
  4. Book: Correspondence on the slave trade with foreign powers, parties to treaties and conventions, under which captured vessels are to be tried by tribunals of the nation to which they belong: From January 1 to December 31, 1841, inclusive. 1842. William Clowes and Sons. London.