WHILE SERVING in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1844, John P. Hale of Dover broke with the Democratic Party by supporting the elimination of the “gag rule.” This 1836
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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyMost historians were appalled when the Florida Board of Education adopted new standards for the state’s African American History curriculum, including instruction on “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”Gov. Ron DeSantis, however, thought it was just fine. “They’re probably going to show that some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into doing