Did Zachary Taylor own slaves?

Zachary Taylor was a prominent figure from the south. He was a slave owner, as that was expected from individuals of his class and location. However, Taylor was unusual in that he did not push for the extension of slavery into new territories. Specifically, Taylor believed that the area ceded by Mexico after the Mexican-American war should not be open to slavery. This was not a moral position, but rather an economic and political calculation. Taylor believed that the benefits of allowing slavery in this new area were outweighed by the costs. Since high yield agriculture was unlikely to be successful in this new area, Taylor believed that the economic argument for extending slavery was inadequate. He also believed that the increasingly rigid divisions between slave states and free states would be worsened by extending slavery to the newly obtained territory.