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Made things a lot dumber.Egypt didn't really use slaves. They had some, but not too many. Usually just personal servants/slaves.
What they used was a certain method of 'conscription' to build public works. Often pyramids. Sometimes, aqueducts or other waterways; sometimes massive irrigation projects. Whatever. Not sure of the time period but it must have been for around 5 years
Jews were relative newcomers to the land of Egypt and when it was time for them to be conscripted, they bolted.
They weren't slaves, Moses wasn't wanted for murder, and if he was, murder as you know it wasn't a 'crime' back then. Pharaoh decided what was criminal activity and what wasn't.
Him and whatever death-cult 'god' he worshipped.
As an OBTW, one of the (many reasons) Jews split from Egypt was because they got sick and tired of their obsession with death and (mostly) because every time a new Pharaoh stumbled to the throne -- All the laws changed. New Pharaoh, new god(s), new rules. What was okay yesterday can get you buried alive today
Jews decided -- One God, One Law, ever-lasting, never-changing.
You're welcome
Made things a lot simpler