 However, Sanford had been involved in the case since the beginning, as he'd secured a lawyer to defend Mrs. Emerson in the original state lawsuit, before she married Chaffee.Following the ruling, the Chaffees deeded the Scott family to Taylor Blow, who manumitted them on May 26, 1857.Scott worked as a porter in a St. Louis hotel, but his freedom was short-lived; he died from tuberculosis in September 1858.