This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1840 |
| Citation: | 3 Del. 270 |
| Jurisdiction: | Delaware |
| People: | Henry Waples |
| Law type: | A father, who was a free man, could not own his son |
| Full name: | HENRY WILSON, (negro) vs. HENRY CLAY WAPLES |
| Court: | Delaware Superior Court |