The aid and rescue of Algerian slaves were afterthoughts.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
He has tried to get at her thoughts and afterthoughts.
"German Problems and Personalities"
Charles Sarolea
They are carefully led up to, of course; but they are uttered as if they are mere afterthoughts, of which the speaker is hardly sure."
"The Complete Works of Artemus Ward, Part 1"
Charles Farrar Browne