A War of Words Breaks Out Over Florida’s Teaching of the History of Slavery

After Vice President Kamala Harris attacked the latest African-American studies curriculum released by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration, the governor defended it. And a social media storm developed between DeSantis’s spokesman and a prominent black Republican.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) in an interview with NTD's Capitol Report premiered on Nov. 17, 2021. Screenshot via The Epoch Times

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s campaign for president takes heat from Democrats over how his state’s public schools teach the history of slavery, it’s also been drawn into a war of words with a prominent black conservative—and Trump supporter.

At issue is the question of whether slaves benefited in any way from being enslaved.