Gov. Ron DeSantis defends a new Florida social studies curriculum that will teach children how slaves benefited from slavery. WATCH: DeSantis defends Florida curriculum that says slaves developed skills that could be applied to their personal benefit.@WillHurd criticizes the governor, saying "slavery is not a jobs program." "This is … part of a back pattern of Ron DeSantis being mean and hateful." pic.twitter.com/mIfWcRLze3 — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) July 30, 2023 Enslaved men and women were beaten mercilessly and separated from loved ones arbitrarily (a mother was purchased, but not her little girl).