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    The Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (15 Geo. 3. c. 28) which changed the working conditions of miners...
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  • Duke of Queensberry Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 provides for gradual removal of conditions of servitude...
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    Joseph Knight (slave) (category 18th century in Scotland)
    starring Nana Amoo-Gottfried as Knight and Ron Donachie as Wedderburn. Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 Dunlop Street List of slaves Slavery at...
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  • away during the 19th and early 20th centuries). There were Scottish born serfs until the Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 prevented the creation...
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    the year 1775. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. See also...
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  • This is a timeline of Scottish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Scotland and its predecessor states...
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    mining in Scotland, miners were bonded to their "maisters" by a 1606 Act "Anent Coalyers and Salters". The Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 stated...
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  • shovels and primitive equipment. Scottish miners had been bonded to their "maisters" by a 1606 Act "Anent Coalyers and Salters". A Colliers and Salters (Scotland)...
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    mining in Scotland, miners were bonded to their "maisters" by a 1606 Act "Anent Coalyers and Salters". The Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 stated...
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    Alloa (category County towns in Scotland)
    master. After the Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 abolished the system, the colliers could move between collieries at will, and they were supported...
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  • in the United Kingdom Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 History of slavery Joseph Knight (slave) Slavery Abolition Act 1833 Slavery in international...
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    persons in Scotland had existed from 1606 and continued until 1799, when colliers and salters were emancipated by an act of the Parliament of Great Britain (39...
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    by 1911 there were 155,691. The early stereotype of Scottish colliers as brutish, non-religious and socially isolated serfs; was an exaggeration, for their...
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    Issue of Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1797 (38 Geo. 3. c. 2) Issue of Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 10) Debtors Relief Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c...
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    carried coal arriving by sea in Whitstable to Canterbury, delivered by colliers sailing from the north east of England. At this time, the town also had...
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    miners demands and labour practices. The bondage under which the miners (and Salters) worked was not removed until acts of Parliament in 1775 & 1799. By 1882...
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    see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland...
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    see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of...
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    see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland...
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    Act applied only to Scotland and the area around London, excluding Wales and the rest of England, to avoid interfering with harvesting. The 1779 Act applied...
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    Parliament of Ireland to 1700 and List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1701–1750. The number shown by each act's title is its chapter number. Acts...
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    Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland to 1700 and the list of acts...
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  • History of South Shields (category History of Tyne and Wear)
    which built small cargo ships and colliers for clients the world over until the yard was closed in 1968. Various slipways and dry docks can still be seen...
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    (2012). The Prince of Privateers: Bridger Goodrich and His Family in America, Bermuda and Britain: 1775–1825. M.& M. Baldwin. ISBN 978-0947712518. Shorto...
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    Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland to 1700 and the list of acts...
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    Parliament of Great Britain. See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland, the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland. For acts passed from 1801...
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    Retrieved 20 March 2012. "Coroners and Justice Act 2009". "Human rights in Tindouf refugee camp" (PDF). "Modern Slavery Act 2015". "Navajo Sign Law Criminalizing...
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  • major general of infantry and a general adjutant of Frederick the Great (d. 1759) March 8 – John Campbell, Scottish author (d. 1775) March 15 – John Hulse...
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    Auchincruive Waggonway (category Quarries in Scotland)
    wooden 'hurries' where the coal was tipped into the holds of the fleet of colliers and most transported to Ireland. In 1857 four hurries are shown on the OS...
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  • area Claiborne County Mississippi William C. C. Claiborne (1775–1817), Governor of Louisiana and Governor of Mississippi Territory Claiborne County Tennessee...
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