The paragraph is about how Van Lew's house was a safe place for fugitive Union soldiers, as shown in the second option.
We can arrive at this answer because:
- The paragraph focuses on showing the importance of the Van Lew mansion during the American Revolution.
- That's because this mansion has become a safe local for union soldiers.
- In this mansion, the fugitive soldiers could hide, without suffering retaliation, or be mistreated by loyalists.
In this case, we can say that the topic of this paragraph is the security that Van Lew's house promoted.
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