Slaves At the bottom of the Egyptian social pyramid lies the slaves, not peasants. Slaves were a lower social class than peasants. In fact, peasants and slaves were two different social classes. In the old kingdom, all of Egypt’s slaves were captives and refugees. In contrast to what most people believe, slaves were treated somewhat fairly. Most slaves were given to temples and to private estates and owners as domestic servants. Some were used …showed first 75 words of 288 total…

…showed last 75 words of 288 total…pyramids. It was not until the Middle Kingdom during Egypt’s great expansion that was there was evidence that great amounts of slaves were captured and used as domestic servants, including Nubians and Asiatics. The children of slaves became peasants. This is a good example of how slaves were given many rights. On the other hand, even though slave children were free, it would be hard to have your parents in slavery and you not.