Where did the ancient Egyptian slaves come from?

Answer 1

Ancient Egyptians primarily acquired slaves through wars with neighboring regions. It was custom in the Ancient Period that any enemy soldier captured in war (currently termed prisoners-of-war) would be enslaved following the surrender of the enemy country. Any wife or child of that society would also become enslavable.

There is little historical evidence for a mass Jewish enslavement in Egypt, but if it did occur, it would expand the methods of enslavement to "enslavement by decree" or "enslavement by race" as well.

Answer 2

Three sources:

1. debt slaves people who sold themselves and often their immediate family into slavery to pay off a debt.

2. Nubians captured in slaving expeditions to the south (Sudan)

3. Prisoners of war a result of the expansionist policies of the new kingdom