Coal mining and trade - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

Observations and remarks on the collier law, (as it is commonly called,) contained in the acts of Parliament of Queen Mary, King James VI. and King Charles II : By way of dialogue betwixt C.M. and C.S. Tending to show, that colliers are not slaves, but as free as any other hired servants, according to the natural sense and meaning of these statutes, when explained in consistency with themselves, the other laws of the land, and common sense.