indentured servant
a master
The contract of work in exchange for passage to America was known as indentured servitude. A person signed a paper agreeing to work for someone a certain number of years in exchange for a ticket to the New World.
A person who trades labor for passage is called
Offeror
A person who trades labor for passage is called an indentured servant. These individuals would work for a specified period of time in exchange for their transportation to a new location, typically during the period of European colonization of the Americas.
.An Indentured Servant
The contract is the indenture servant program. The indenture servant would sign a contract for passage to America, In return, the indenture would work for seven years to the person or company to pay the debt.
They are called a Signatory.
That person would be the attorney-in-fact under a Power of Attorney.
An indentured servant
stowaway
This is called a "Contract". It includes the timeframe for service (can be anything from a day to the rest of a person's life) and expectations that both parties have (that Master will care for slave mentally and physically, that slave will be obedient to Master in all things...etc.) It may (or may not) include the limits that a slave has, and the activities that a Master will not perform. Feel free to get in touch if you need any more information!