Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past.  London, New York: Bloomsbury, 2020. 272 p.

Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History.  London, New York: Bloomsbury, 2017. 288 p.

Romantismo tropical: Um pintor francês nos trópicos. São Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. 248 p.

Brazil Through French Eyes: A Nineteenth-Century Artist in the Tropics. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2015. 264 p.

African Heritage and Memories of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlantic World. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2015. 428 p.

Shadows of the Slave Past: Memory, Heritage, and Slavery. New York: Routledge, 2014. 268 p.

Politics of Memory: Making Slavery Visible in the Public Space. New York: Routledge, 2012. 296 p.

Paths of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Interactions, Identities and Images. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2011. 476 p.

Crossing Memories: Slavery and African Diaspora, co-edited with Mariana P. Candido and Paul E. Lovejoy. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2011. 308 p.

Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2010. 502 p.

Living History: Encountering the Memory of the Heirs of Slavery. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. 290 p.

Romantisme tropical: l’aventure illustrée d’un peintre français au Brésil. Quebec: Presses de l’Université Laval, 2008. 282 p.