Fact check: Social media post underrepresents slave ownership in 1860

… At the time, the total U.S. population was about 31.4 million, including more than 3.9 million slaves...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/07/16/fact-check-social-media-post-underrepresents-slave-ownership-1860/7980243002/