Shoe Boots Social Status

Shoe Boots did not have the social status of a white man of his era because he was a minority and he had multiple multiracial intimate relationships.

Shoe Boots held slaves and was married to a white woman, however, that did not give him the social status of a white man. Multiracial relationships were looked down upon during his time period and he had multiple multiracial relationships. Because Shoe Boots was Indian, he was considered a minority and was not “superior” even though he married Clarinda Ellington. As a result of their marriage, Clarinda “forfeited [her] purity and honor in the eyes of white society” (Miles 21). Their marriage did not bring Shoe Boots’ status up, instead it dismissed Clarinda from white society. Although Shoe boots