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              UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

             ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

                   Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
             Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the
                       Investment Company Act of 1940


                                                                                     
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1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*   2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   6.  Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
                                                                                               to Issuer (Check all applicable)
    Mouded        Majed                         Slade's Ferry Bancorp (SFBC)                   [X]  Director        [ ]  10% Owner
                                                                                               [ ]  Officer (give title below)
-----------------------------------------   -------------------   ----------------------       [ ]  Other (specify below)
    (Last)        (First)       (Middle)    3.  I.R.S. Identi-     4.  Statement for                 _____________________________
                                                fication Number        Month/Year          ---------------------------------------
  111 Pontiac Road                              of Reporting              12/2002          7.  Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
-----------------------------------------       Person, if an     ----------------------       (check applicable line)
    (Street)                                    entity            5.  If Amendment,        [ ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
                                                (Voluntary)           Date of Original     [ ] Form filed by More than One
                                                                      (Month/Year)             Reporting Person
  Somerset              MA     02726            142-48-6120
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    (City)            (State)   (Zip)





Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

                                                                                               
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1. Title of Security    |2. Transaction|3. Trans-    |4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of      |6. Owner-    |7. Nature of
   (Instr. 3)           |   Date       |   action    |   or Disposed of (D)     |   Securities     |   ship Form:|   Indirect
                        |   (Month/Day/|   Code      |   (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)    |   Beneficially   |   Direct (D)|   Beneficial
                        |   Year)      |   (Instr. 8)|          |      |        |   Owned at       |   or        |   Ownership
                        |              |             |          |      | Price  |   end of Issuer's|   Indirect  |   (Instr. 4)
                        |              |             |          |(A) or|        |   Fiscal Year    |   (I)       |
                        |              |             |   Amount |(D)   |        |   (Instr. 3 and 4|   (Instr.4) |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |   7/19/02    |     J       |  331.125 |  A   |  14.30 |                  |      D      |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |  10/18/02    |     J       |  359.614 |  A   |  13.25 |     53,302.739   |      D      |
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |   7/19/02    |     J       |   34.691 |  A   |  14.30 |                  |      I      |      *1
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Common stock; $.01      |              |             |          |      |        |                  |             |
 par value              |  10/18/02    |     J       |   37.675 |  A   |  13.25 |      5,584.366   |      I      |      *1
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   4(b)(v).

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FORM 5 (continued)



Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
            (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

                                                                                           
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1.Title of Derivative|2.Conver- |3.Trans- |4.Trans-|5.Number of|6.Date Exer- |7.Title and  |8.Price |9.Number  |10.Own-  |11.Nature
Security             |sion or   |action   |action  |Derivative |cisable and  |Amount of    |of Deri-|of Deriva-|ership   |of Indir-
(Instr. 3)           |Exercise  |Date     |Code    |Securities |Expiration   |Underlying   |vative  |tive      |of De-   |ect Bene-
                     |Price of  |(Month/  |(Instr. |Acquired(A)|Date(Month/  |Securities   |Secu-   |Securities|rivative |ficial
                     |Derivative|Day/Year)|8)      |or Disposed|Day/Year)    |      |      |rity    |Benefi-   |Securi-  |Ownership
                     |Security  |         |        |of (D)     |Date  |Expir-|      |Amount|(Instr. |ficially  |ty: Di-  |(Instr.
                     |          |         |        |(Instr. 3, |Exer- |ation |      |or    |5)      |Owned at  |rect (D) |4)
                     |          |         |        |4, and 5)  |cisa- |Date  |      |Number|        |End of    |or Indi- |
                     |          |         |        | (A) | (D) |ble   |      |      |of    |        |Year      |rect (I) |
                     |          |         |        |     |     |      |      |Title |Shares|        |Instr. 4) |Instr. 4)|
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                     |          |         |        |     |     |      |      |Common|      |        |          |         |
                     |          |         |        |     |     |      |      |Stock |      |        |          |         |
                     |          |         |        |     |     |      |      |($.01 |      |        |          |         |
Option (right to     |          |         |        |     |     |4/9/  |4/10/ |par   |      |        |          |         |
Buy)                 |   14.15  | 4/9/02  |   A    | 20  |     |02    |07    |value)| 2000 |   0    |   102    |    D    |
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Explanation of Responses:

A.    Incentive Stock Option Plan
I.    Spouse with family member


                           /s/ Majed Mouded                       02/01/03
                           _________________________________   _______________
                           **  Signature of Reporting Person        Date

                           By authorized signator:
                           /s/ Isola A. Anctil
                           _________________________________


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