Leaders of the abolitionist movement , however , refused to support the AERA 's Kansas campaign , even though suffrage for black men was an abolitionist priority .
Leaders did not want the two suffrage campaigns to be combined .
Leaders of the abolitionist movement , however , refused to support the AERA 's Kansas campaign , even though suffrage for black men was an abolitionist priority , because they did not want the two suffrage campaigns to be combined .