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A group of men and women, presumably slaves, grind sugar with the help of mules and a simple machine on a farm, Georgia, mid 19th Century. A child sits atop on the fulcrum of the machine. L.J. Schira/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that middle school students in Florida will “be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.” Ms. Harris was referring to one of almost 200 focal points of instruction that the Florida Board of Education has adopted for instructors teaching African American history.