is  that  they  are  interrelated.  When Maryland  Quakers  emigrated  to the  city  or moved west out of their communities,  they abandoned many of their former beliefs and ideas,  including that of the prohibition   against  slaveholding   and  their  abhorrence   of the institution of slavery.  Quakers or members of the  Society of Friends had been in the forefront in their condemnation of slavery.     The precedent  for this  had been established as the  "Maryland Friends  in 1777 had declared that it was unlawful  for their members to own slaves."8   However,   this   declaration  further  reduced  the  number  of possible Quakers  as the mere act of joining their number "demanded (the)  manumission of those held in bondage,"9     but the records  show that "even some people who were brought up within the Society of Friends slipped into the practice" 10    of holding slaves in bondage.    As a result of this slippage, some Friends were "disowned"  or stripped of membership.     For some Friends the ever present  existence  of slavery  around them was  the  impetus  for them to move out of their communities and into Ohio, Indiana,  and even further westward.     Some  others  were  disowned  for various practices,   such  as   for marrying  non-Quakers,   for  swearing, disorderly  company,  gambling,  neglect  of meeting,   drinking,   and  for selling   whiskey;   but  a  disproportionate  number  "had  their membership  taken  away  for slaveholding." 11     Many  other Friends