Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.AP Photo/Phil Sears, File Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Black people learned beneficial skills as slaves. "They're probably going to show that some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into doing things later in life," DeSantis said at a press conference. Florida approved a new African-American studies curriculum that teaches about the "personal benefit" of slavery. Gov.