Dietary fiber or roughage is the indigestible portion of food derived from plants. It has two main components: 1  Soluble fiber, which dissolves in water, is readily fermented in the colon into gases and physiologically active byproducts, and can be prebiotic and viscous.ietary fiber or roughage is the indigestible portion of food derived from plants. It has two main components: 1  Soluble fiber, which dissolves in water, is readily fermented in the colon into gases and physiologically active byproducts, and can be prebiotic and viscous.
The Portuguese were the first to engage in the New World slave trade in the 16th century. Between 1418 and the 1470s, the Portuguese launched a series of exploratory expeditions that remapped the oceans south of Portugal, charting new territories that one explorer described as oceans where none have ever sailed before.
Yes, and the first slaves arrived in the colony of Virginia in 1622. The British Empire abolished slavery in 1833. They did not, however, end their policies of occupying by force if necessary the nations and millions of people world wide until the end of WW2 and even to 1999 re: Hong Kong.ut colonies like South Carolina (which had a large number) were not the only places where slaves could be found. In the early days of the country, it was not just the southern colonies that welcomed slavery; slave-owners lived in other colonies, including the middle-Atlantic region, such as in Delaware.