Farenya

Farenya

Farenya

Populated settlement in Boké Region, Guinea

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

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Farénya / Prefecture de Boffa". getamap.net. getamap.net. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  2. [2]
    Montgomery, Warner M. (22 July 2004). "The African Slave Trade Trail: Part One The Lightburn Mystery". The Columbia Star: 14. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. [3]
    Kelly, Kenneth (June 2006). "Preliminary Archaeological Reconnaissance of Sites Related to the Slave Trade Era along the Upper Rio Pongo, Guinea". Nyame Akuma (65): 24–32. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  4. [4]
    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. London: William Clowes and Sons. 1842.
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