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By Robert McNamara. The Emancipation Proclamation was a document signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 freeing the slaves then held in the states in rebellion to the United States.nd as a practical matter, the slaves in the Confederacy were not free until the Union Army took possession of a region. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued as part of the presidentâs role as commander-in-chief during wartime, and was not a law in the sense of being passed by the U.S. Congress.
Quick Answer. Some of the effects of the Underground Railroad included slaves making it to freedom, the strengthening of the 1793 Fugitive Slave Law and leaders in the north gaining a better understanding of slave conditions. While around 1,000 slaves per year were able to escape successfully, many did not.