Historical reenacting is a complicated hobby or profession. One must be clear and understandable. Let us set the stage, a reenactor is someone who goes from one event to another dressing as someone in the past and acts as if they were that person at the event. A reenactor is at an event that is representing the 1860s during the American Civil War acting as President Abraham Lincoln. He is talking to a group of tourists about who he is, Abraham Lincoln, what he does, President of the United States of America, and why he does what he does, he is opposed to slavery and does not want it to spread. A then tourist asks a question. Mr. Lincoln must answer. The question was, what does Emancipation mean? If Mr. Lincoln did not or could not answer the