‘No Silver Lining in Slavery’: Tim Scott Voices Disapproval of Florida’s Curriculum on Slavery

While responding to a reporter on Thursday, Mr. DeSantis once again justified the curriculum: “Anyone that actually read that [curriculum] and then listens to Kamala would know that she’s lying. That particular provision about the skills, that was in spite of slavery not because of it.”

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) during a working session regarding the Opportunity Zones provided by tax reform in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 14, 2018. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has criticized Florida’s new curriculum standards, which suggested that some Africans developed skills they could apply for a “personal benefit” while enslaved.

“There is no silver lining in slavery. The truth is anything you can learn, any benefits that people suggest that you had in slavery, you would’ve had as a free person. Slavery was really about separating families, mutilating humans, and even raping their wives. It was just devastating,” Mr. Scott said while talking to reporters.