Rather it was a truth, another truth, and an accurate description.
“You lie!” he said lying.
It was your original statement about Southern governments not believing in liberty that produced the following....
“At the time of the American Civil War, most white men were allowed to vote, whether or not they owned property, but literacy tests, poll taxes, and even religious tests were used in various places, and most white women, people of color, and Native Americans still could not vote”. (Wiki)
That was true in every state and territory.