Question

What was the result of the Confiscation Acts?

Answer 1

the results where the freedom of slaves after the civil war

Answer 2

The Confiscation Acts themselves did not do much but laid the legal and social groundwork for the Emancipation Proclamation which would come in the following year.

Lincoln was able to capitalize on the reaction to the Confiscation Act to feel comfortable enough to push forward the Emancipation Proclamation, which applied to all slaves in rebel held territory.