Grand total: 3062 Slaves of the KingThe number of slaves increased from what can be seen from the tables, between 1785 and 1788. More slaves were placed at work, although the total number of female slaves remained lower than the total number of male slaves on the island. It is now a fact that enslaved women in the 18th century Isle of France were not only employed as domestic workers. Data shows that these slaves were also used in the port, hospitals and other sectors. However, the 18th century did not only see enslaved women fulfilling their professional roles on the Isle of France. Slave women from various colonies were also put to work during this century. 2.2 Occupations of Slave Women in the CaribbeanThe presence of women in the Caribbean was due to the fact that they provided a reserve of labor. Europeans need slave women in the Caribbean especially for farm work. Slave women were field workers, "maids", cooks or laundresses. Compared to the male slaves who performed the more difficult tasks on the plantations such as cutting cane, fodder, and boiling sugar, the female slaves were responsible for the less demanding tasks on the plantations. Slave women, reeds cut, weeded and fertilized. As a result, enslaved women in the Caribbean worked on plantations or worked as domestic servants. They took care of the children, cleaned the house and did the laundry. As such, as in the Isle of France in the 18th century, many female slaves in Barbados were domestic servants and had to be at the disposal of their owners at all times. Slave women in Barbados, as in the Isle of France, ruled slaveholding families, both in the mid-paper and in Cape Town, they were treated as passive objects of men. sexual needs. This can be attributed to the fact that enslaved women were a minority in 18th century Cape Town. This created an unbalanced relationship between the sexes. Additionally, regarding the positions of African and American female slaves, female slaves worked on plantations and performed the same difficult work assigned to male slaves. Women worked in the fields alongside men. However, pregnant women and even those who were breastfeeding were often given lighter jobs, such as the "garbage gang". The garbage gang was a hand gang made up of pregnant, breastfeeding, and elderly women. African American slave women were given the job of cook. They cooked for both their owners and the slave community, and many of these slaves were given the task of sewing.2.4 Occupations of