EXHIBIT 23.2
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                     SHATSWELL, MacLEOD & COMPANY, P.C.
                        CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-3 filed by Slade's Ferry Bancorp (the "Company") in connection
with the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock Purchase Plan of
our report dated January 15, 2003 (except for Note 11 which is March 5,
2003) included in the Company's 10-K report for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2002. We also consent to the references to our firm as an
independent accounting and auditing firm in the Form S-3 Registration
Statement.

                                  /s/ Shatswell, MacLeod & Company, P.C.
                                  SHATSWELL, MacLEOD & COMPANY, P.C.

West Peabody, Massachusetts
October 27, 2003


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